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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29
Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Our pretty banging baskets. with their
REPRESENTATIVES completely draped in deli
cate e-climbing ives and standing MOSES,
with their masses of beautiful trailing
plants, their dropping grasses, vincas,
mimosas, musk-scenteG and covered with
brilliant golden flowers, though liliputiau
in size, are literally hanging-gardens. But,
even should they be made million times
larger, their plan is so utterly different,
that they could never suggest the faintest
notion of the hanging-gardens of Babylon,
about the very name OF which there is a
ring of poetic grandeur and a favor of
oriental magnifcence. They were liter
ally paradises or pleasure-g gardens. Ken
ophon mentions those OF Belesis, governor
of Syria and such as he beheld them. ap-
parently, We find them described by Char
din aud other modern travellers. The
hanging gardens of Babylon were simply a
very costly variety of the paradise, such
as only princely wealth could afford.
Their ori gin is attributed to Semiramis by
some others say that they were invented
by a king of Syria to charm the melan-
choly of one Of his wives, of Persian
origin, who sighed to behold again the ver-
dant mountains of her native land Strabo,
and Dicborus Siculus have written about
these famous hanging-gardens, Philo of
Byzantium. and many others. They were
called hanging gardens, doubtless, because
Of the huge branching palms and other
trees, overhanging the balustrade on the
summit Of the high walls that inclosed the
paradise. These walls were about one
hundred and thirty yards long on each Of
the four sides, twenty-five feet according
to the Hebrew cubit by the Roman or
by the English cubit, little less. Around
the interior on all sides, rose terrace to
the number Of twenty, the top one resting
on the outer walls, and even with the
balustrade. The terraces were upheld by
immensely strong galleries, whose ceilings
were formed of hewn stones sixteen feet
long and four wide. Resting on these
stones was layer of reeds, mixed with
great quantity of asphalt, and on this
was double floor of 6ve-dried bricks laid
in mortar; finally, floor of lead plates
to prevent any moisture from penetrating
the foundations of the terraces, the soil Of
which rested directly on the leaden floor,
and was OF sufficient depth to hold and
nourish trees fifty feet bigh, and thous nds
Of rare plants cul!ed from all parts Of the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

STRANGE E EXPLOIT OF WHTRLwIND.-The
neatest achievement of a tornado which
passed over Sullivan county, New Hamp-
shire. some days ago, was the removal OF the
house of Bushwell Benway, of East Unity.
The house was heavy one, forty-two by
twenty-eight feet. 1t was instant4neonsly
taken from its foundations and moved forty
feet, as if it had slid on ice. Scarcely an
underpinnng stone was displaced. not
thing was dropped into the cellar, which
was deep and of the size of the whole house
nor was the ground where it stopped much
disturbed. Mr.. Benway was pumpin "a
pail OF water in the back room, and his wife
was 10 the trout room both were carried
along, only being aware that some terrible
blow had fallen upon their dwelling, but
having no suspicion that it had been moved :,
aod neither of them was hurt. Many of
the windows were dashed out; e7 cry arti-
Gle of crockery Oh glass Was broken to pieces :;
clothes thar were hanging about and other
things were scattered rods away. The bacx
side of the house coming IN contact with the
front doorstep, and perhaps the underpin
ming, the latter was handsomely laid upon
the ground inside down, and although bad
ly racked, Il house stood, while the shed
some thirty feet in length, at the end, Was
entirely demolished, Boston Transcript.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29
Changes in Words and Names.

Most men, and women, too, desire fame.
or notoriety. Yet a great name may
come to base uses. St. Etheldreadas be-
came shortened to St, Audrey, from whence
comes the word "tawdry,' slgnifying
cheap aud gaudy. 1t is SAID that the im-
ages of the saint were SO much overdressed
by her votarles, that they thus UNCONSCIOUS
ly furnished the Eaghsh language with
this very expressive term And further
Endorsement was gwen to the word by
fairs held on ST. Etheldredas Day, at
which articles of female 6nery were sold.
Another sainted lady who lived in the
same century, the sew ,,'h, gives a house
hold name to the ca1f"" Tabby" is said
to come from St. Able. Two towns in
Eugland are naued in her honor.
" Boston" as some few people know, is St.
Butolph's town, shortened, and there is in
the American as we'll as the Eng lIsh Bos
ton, street named Butolph," after the
saint
Among the most curious deriviations is
the Turkish name Of fConstantlnople, Stam-
boul. The colIoquial phrase among the
Greeks to designate the place was "eaS
ten polin ITO the city" OF this the
Turks made " "Istampol," and, finally,
Stamboul. In an effort to produce Eng
lish words in Turkish characters, TurN>
ish scholar could get no nearer to "scoun-
drel :" than Asconderel." The transfor-
nation in this case is as curious as Siam
boul, pronounced Istamboul, from els ten
polin. York, from the Latin Eooracum,
would seem to present at the first lance,
little resemblance to its original. The
process of change in common usage was
something as follows Eboracum, Etrauc.
Eorforwic, Eorc. York. This is almost
equal to the derivation of the name of a
pickle from Jeremiah King; Jerry King,
Jer. King, gir1in. But colIoqulal chang
es are not always to be desplsed. They
mean history. The common expression
"a game leg for lame leg, would at
first seem to be making game of mlsfor-
tune. The true word is "yama," old Eng
lish. meaning defective, We have Cam
bridges in great numbers in the United
States, in places where there is neither
river, cam, nor bridge. Every machin-
ISL knows tnaC " cam is Jne nauo gwen
to piece of machinery which causes an
eccentric motion. The river Cam is a
crooked river.
The names of places in England are
meaningless in their application, except as
in the case of old towns, showing where
the first settlers came from, like Chester
and others. There are many Nottinghams,
but people who date their letters in those
towns do it without consciousness that
they are noting the fact that the respected
ancestors of some of US were troglodytes
and lived in caves. Snotincgaham, the
original name Of Nottingham, signlfed,
I" the home of the dwellers in caves; "
and antiquarian examinations have found
traces OF the residences of those cave
dwellers.
| Such are few of the curious transfer
nations to which words and names were
subject, while as yet people were unable
to read. The sound changed the orthog-
raphy, and thus nearly every trace of the
original disappeared in the course of time
Ii the world we're in like condition now
with no printed books and newspapers te
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

known world. All these were kept in a
pernnially aourishing condition, we are in
formed, by water raised from the Euphra-
tes through the aid ofmachuery concealed
from view in certain rooms made in the
galleries which also contained many royal
apartments, variously decorated and fur
nisbed. Decently lighted they could not
have been; but one can easily imagine
that a walk around those upper terraces
on a fine moonlight night, the senses
charmed by soft music and by waves Of
perfume rising from the wilderness OF fow-
ers and shrubs below. must have been en-
chanting.-Marie Howlaad.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

DID THEY FIGHr.-As prominent
Chicago railroad man was proceeding
nome. the other evening. be saw a dark
object on the sidewalk. lie stopped down
aud picked it up, and founi it to be the
overskirt of very elegant black silk dress
He hung it on the end of his cane, and
aid the cane over his right shoulder, and
| walked on, hoping that some lady would
claim it, and that thus he wouli bring
gladness to female heart. and make a fe-
male aquaintance. But. after the gar
nent had swung behind him for six blocks,
ne grew disheartened. and, having reached
the drugstore of an intimate frleni. he
walked in, and, banging the skirt over
chair, remarked that it would be call
ed for. Pretty soou some ladies came in
for soda water. Tne moment they enter
ed the store, one of them whispered very
loudly to another )" Why, there's my
SKIRT" and. after few minutes, very mod
estly claimed it. The railroad man was
about to remark to her that he had found
t, and had lifted his hat by way of intro-
iuction, when very corpulent lady with
: pug nose. stepped quickly into the store,
and remarked t. little boy who was with
ner, " Johnny, there it is; 60 and get it,"
johnny made haste toward the garment,
aud was about to lift it from the chair,
shed the first claimant prevented him by
remarking, rather tartiy, that it was hers.
The claimants seemed determined to de-
eide the title by wager of battle. The
railroad man Sid behind the prescription
sase, aud the drugstore man grew violent
ly red in the face. 1t Was an enbarrass-
ing moment for him, but happily it was
quickly cut short by the boy, who. in
obedience to q second aud more positive
command of the corpulent lady, snatched
the skirt from the chair and walked quick
y out into the street with it. fol owed by
the large woman. The other lady quick
ly followed her. and whether they engaged
IN fight or not will perhaps never be
known, as the railroad man was as badly
frightened as the druggist, and neither of
them dared follow and see the termination
of the queer transaction.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29
God Knows.

The secrets of the guilty heart,
Far-hidien from the sight of those
Who, knowing them, would shrink and start,
God knows.
However hid by saint-like face.
The current of the life that flows
A way from Heaven, away from grace,
God knowsl
The ills of life-its sad distress,
Its many secrets, unknown woes,
Its wrongs that seem without redress
God knowsi
The acts which Danish peace and rest,
Though hidden both from friends and foes,
Though buried in a silent breast,
God knowsi
The dark deceit, the subtle guile,
The slander dealing hidden blows,
The malice cloaked beneath smile,
God knowsi
God knowsl And in his own good time
Will strip from men their whitened clothes,
And crush in shame the sons of crime;
The masks will fall the truth be known,
Aad honest men stand forth aloue
God knowsl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

4 LUCKY ADvENTURE.-The people OF
SheIburne will remember DR.. George Irish
formerly of that town, now of Brooklyn, n.
Y, and they will rejoice in the happy terml-
nation of the rom .ntIc adventure that has
lust eliminated with him. Some three years
aso Dr. Irish took a journey to California,
aud while passing down the Pacific slope, on
one of the rapidly moving through trains, an
old French gentlemen, standing on the plat
form by his side, plunged forward in tit, and
had he not been caught by him would have
fallen under the moving train. DR.. irish
took him off at the station and nursed him
until he was able to resume his journey.
Upon parting the oil gentleman asked the
doctor Tor his card, and without any offer to
reward him in any way for his care and ser
vices, and even without an expression OF
thanks, they separated. A few weeks ago
there appeared in the advertising columns
OF New York daily AN inquiry for George
Irish, with request Tor Communications 10
be sent to certain quarter. Some frlenl
of the doctor called his attention to the IN
auIry and he answered it. and In due time
received communication that 1t be could
move his identity as the George Irish who
took care of the oil French gentleman and
saved his lite some three years ago, on his
WaV 10 CdIl OFuld, ne WOulu HUI d ioSaNJ VI
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
gold awaiting his attention at named place
in California. lie at once procured the nee
essary evidence an started across the con-
tnent. and telegrip phed home to his family
that the money is all right and that soon
as he can 20 through with the necessary legal
formalItIcs, he viii start home with his Dew
found orJune. Ii is not often that men have
opportunities to save the lives of wealthy
Frencl gentlemen, and 1t is not every man
who would stop On d JDuroey TO California to
nurse sick stranger, but MIR. Irish is the
man who dlj it, and his reward is ample,
and his friends will rel ,ice in his good ior-
tune.-Rmland Herald
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

HIS DAY IN" Once IN a while," says
the Danbury Neaos. " there is day when
a man is out of work, and he stays at
home. After breakfast is eaten aud the
dishes removed, be pulls out the family
drawer, aud dumps the contents on the
table, to look for paper of sud ienly ac-
quired Importance. Having got chair
which has lost leg, aud for that reason
has been set aside waer- nobody will be
apt to get into trouble with it, he drops
INTO it, and it Immediately comes apart
and deposits him under the table He
JUMPS to his feet at once and kicks the
chair into the hallway to the imminent
danger OF his wife and the woman who
lives in the other part of the house, both
of whom, being under the impression that
on, Of the children had fallen from the
nantlepiece and broken its back, have
started to the rescue. He Immediately
asks his wife what kind of an idiot she is to
leave broken chair where any one can
slt down on it and jeopard'ze life an1
limb, and sarcastically inquiries If she
wanted to kill him, or merely or pple him
BILE the intimation that the chair was
placed where no sane party would ever
think Of looking for one. After. that he
gets new char which he is conf leut will
throw him AMI hurt him. aud says So, and
pores over the paper again.
Pretty soon he Is attended by one of the
children who is making herculean ef)rts
to scale one of tie table legs with view
TO getting on top to see what is going on.
As the little round head wit the swelling
cheeks and bulg ng eyes and tumbIej hair
and very dirty mouth, appears abo the
top, and beams up at hun, he nervously
cries, Hey. you. now. come out of that
aud start after your mother; she wants
you" But the child knows that its mother
being at loss to explain why. he falls
to work at the papers again. ln very
little while, one very chubby arm is thro Va
on top of the table, and the eyes have
reached the level, and are taking in the
wonders of the DIS, lay. There is another
move up, then a sudden weakness 10 the
legs that are tightly hugged to the tables
legs. then a desperate but hopeless clutch
At the p.pe-s for safety, aul the little head
disappears with lightning velocity. aui
then an ominous bump, and then scream,
and the miserable man is on his feet again,
holding the suffering child wrong side up
and screaming for help. Tne moment it
IS 10 its motner's arms, an / the CAM plor is
~ reach, the man, who stays at home
pecauee he has nothing to do, puts on his
coat and hat and beats hasty re reat,
leaving the wife to calm the distracted
breast OF the child, and set the table to
rights. When he has another d,y to
himself, he dumps out the drawer again,
and goes over similar performance"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

VINO WAS THE RoGUE?-A gentleman from
out OF town, who was here at the concert
Tuesday evening, found on his return to the
Avenue House. a lady's watch IN his over
coat pocket. He thought at once that some
one was attempting to get him into scrape;
and being like Casar's wife, -" above suspl-
clon,' he started at once for Sheriff Weeks,
and laid the case before him. Meanwhile
the Gwner Of the watch on reaching home
and finding only the broken end of chain
where she supposed her watch was, retraced
her steps to the hall, thinking she had lost IL
In the street. To make the story brief, the
parties met, the watch was restored, and
then the lady remembered perfectly that IN
passing through the crowd in the ball she
lelt her dress pulled when she passed oy TINS
man. The supposition is that the wascn
chain caught on burton Of bis coat, sever
ins it, and neatly deposting the watch IN
his outside pocket; but it took some srgu-
ment to persu ade the man that somebody na1
not been trying to 'play 1t" on him.-Co'e
donian.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

Although there may now be some difference
among good and intelligent men upon the
liquor question as it is presented IN this
State, we are confident that such difference
will speedily disappear if it can be shown
that the liquor sold in New England is not of
a superior quality to that dispensed among
the natives of the Sandwich Islands. In
eighteen years of free rum-sellipg in the
Sandwich Islands, the native-Kanaka-pop
ulation fell off so 900; eighteen years more,
at the same death-rate. wOuld't leave enough
of them to properly officer the census bureau ,
and vet there are hose who say that the liquor
sold TO the Sandwich Islanders was New
England rum.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

A good story is told of George Mac
Donald, recently in this country, AMI
young American woman whom he met one
evening. Wishing to appear familiar
with the works of the celebrated writer,
she wrote to a friend in the city that she
had 81 been invited to meet the great lee
turer," and begged her frieni to send her
MS books, whatever they might be. Toe
friend. supposing that by lecturer she
meant Professor Tyndall. sent over all
that learned mans works. Our beautiful
little impromptu bluestocking did her best
to cram for the occasion. and read so much
on light that her little head grew zzy.
She mastered the titles, however. and feel
ing we'll armed for the encounter, attended
the entertainment. Sae had the honor of
having Mr.. Macdonald presented to her,
and on the first favorable opportunity she
opened on him:
20! Mr. Macdonald, am so delight
ed to meet you. l have read your beauti-
full books
George Macdonald bowed gracefully.
81 do think your Fragments 90 love-
ly."
GEORGE Macdonald stared like feath-
erless owl.
But the most thrilling of all is the
: Glaciers of the Alps"
The poor pen-drlver could not utter
word. Indeed, he seemed to be catching
his breath.
"And how brilliant you are on Light
and on Sound!" Do, Mr.. Macdonald, tell
me how you produce such beautiful thiDgs."
The Engllshman came to the conclusion
that the liftle girl was chafiog, especially
q some audible smiles in the immediate
neighborhood. told him certain people
we're being amused, 80 he eolored up to the
hair, and fed the encounter in such CON-
fusion that the company feared he was
suffering from . relapse of bis late sick
ness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

tbs Co-PARrNERsHIP OF HUSBANDS AND
WIvEs-' Husbands, love your wives,' is
the command in the IL ,ly Writ. And
would like to adj Husbands, conhde in
your wives Make them your confidential
partners in all youe business transactions.
You. husband, have taken her from her
father house and plac her by your side
in your own home, TO direct your hou sehod
to be the mother OF your children, and the
partaker OF your tolls, your joys and yonr
sorrows What is more natural and just,
then, than that she should have your entire
confidence?
There are some women, perhaps, who do
not care to know about their husbands busl-
ness, whether he is in debt or not, only SO
he pays their bills and provides what is
necessary for their comfort and convenience,
without a thought or care as to whether
they are living within their means, or lar
beyond It, There are many men. too, who
thInh that womans sphere does not extend
beyond her household duties. lie turnishes
the material, and it is her duty 60 prepare 1t
for use in the most economical way, to see
that nothing is lost, and ask no questions.
But the best way, to my mind, is a per-
feet understanding between husband and wife
on all matters Those cosy little chats about
the affairs of the farm and househ Did, the
plans Tor the future, the transactions OF the
past, the debts and credits, the profits and
losses, are all talked over in kind and Con-
fdent'al way, giving each an insight into
the AFFAIR." OF the other-these chats will 60 a
great way towards strengthening the bond
OF union between the two persons whose H.
terests are one | believe there would be
fewer bankrupt husbands and lever misun-
derstandings which lead to estrangement and
divorce, II wives knew their husbands hnan-
cal standing better. No woman, with true
wOmanly pride, or the welfare of her hus-
band at heart, would be SO reckless as tt
plunge him in debt if she knew his affairs
were already in crippled condition.
think the most peaceful and prosperous
families are those where the members al
work tremendously together, and consul
with each other at all times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

1t is stated that during the past year there
were s46, ,6lS worth Of cigars exported from
the United States to Cuba. Most of the
cigars we're made in New York, from tobacco
,rown ln this Country. When the fact that
Cuba also exports large quantities of tobacco
from Soutb America is taken into c0nsidera-
ton. and the additional fact that through
some meana or other, importers stamps get
on boxes that have never been out OF the
country, there would seem to be small foun-
darlon tor the BLISS that great many gentle
men seem to take in smoking what they are
uieased to d.nominate Havana cigars.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

LOOK OUT FOR RFIaEs-More fires occur be-
tween September 18th and November 18th,
says the Troy Press, than at any other time
in the year. This is owing to the fact, ig-
nored by people in starting their Fall fires,
that sOot coats the .f1ues over with haky
layers, which ignite readily as tinder. SCOT
50 accumulates in the chimney as to choke
it. ln the first case sparks are carried to
other buildings {; in the second case the fire
finds vent and attacks the nearest combustl-
bic object. There is a necessity, then, OF
thoroughly cleansing out our chimneys at
this season of the year. Remove the accumu-
lations at the base and scrape off the layers
on the sides with a brush. No chimney
should 60 longer than two years without a
cleaning.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

preserve the correct spelling, wild work
might be madeeven with prominent names,
Fe.del-fy would hardly be Recognized by
the founder, could he return. Bawlt-mer
would be puzz g to Lord Baltimore. Two
other leading cities, when mentioned to-
gether. seem to have, in the sound of their
names. distinction as to age-namely.
New York and NeWer Leans-though the
latter loses syllable in the second word
to the enrichment of the frst-Standard
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

hill, attended by the Lord Mayor and BY
the aldermen. and to make up sum by
borrowing a hundred pounds from that
iron-monger.-Hearth and Home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-29

Our FOREIGN PJPULATIoN.-A writer in
the Boston Journal complies the following
summary from the last census, which shows
that out of about thrty-eight millions OF
,esiIents. there are 10 the United States only
the following who may be classed as " for
eigners:'
Number having both parents foreign:
Foreign-born ............5 567 229
Natives. ,l67 GIG
Total....... ............... 9,734 ,s45
Number having foreign fathers and native
mothers. .......................... 1856 3ss
Number having nal i've fai hers and foreign
mothers .-..-...................... $40 7s2
Making total of........ .............Io, ,ss2 OI5