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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

SOWING CLOVER SEED.-Whare land was
seedei down last fall. clover seed ought 10
be sOwn on the surface as soon. now, as the
snow Is off, OF the land is ti5 to travel over.
lt is a convenient way to take advantage OF
some light snow AMI SOW it directly upon
that 1t enables one to see T. sow it uni
iormly, and the melting snow helps carry the
seed down into the soil. We ike u NIX in
Il little alsike clover with the rel clover
seed. But if rel clover is sDwn alone use
ten pounds Of seed at least, and fl teen pounds
is better
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

Prof. Church, OF Cirences ter, the eminent
agricultural chemist announces that lph4te
u lime appears TO exc else very remarkable
Influence in arresting the spread Of decay ia
potatoes affected by the potato disease. In
one experiment the salt was busted over some
tubers, partially decayed from this cause, as
they were being slowed away Some months
atterward the potatoes were found to have
suffered no further injury y similar trial
win powdered lime proved TO be much less
effective.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

They call me Little Chatterbox-
My name Is little May;
have to talk 50 much because
have so much to say.
And hi have 50 many friends
So many and you see
can't help loving them because
They every one love me.
love papa and my mamma
l love m sisters to-;
And if you're very, very good,
l guess that III love yOu.
But love God the best Of all
lie keeps me al the night;
And when the morning comes again,
lie wakes me with the light.
| think it is so nice to live;
And yet If should die
The Lord wouli send his angels down
To take me to the sky.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

kITCHEN OD)Rs Meat wnicn has been
slightly tainted may be restored to perfect
sweetness, and the od)r arising from 1t - lille
boiling entirely prevented by throwing into
the pot a few pieces OF charcoal co ,t4ined IN
a small bag. The odor o. vegetables slightly
affected may be prevented in the same way.
Red pepper, and even black pepper, produces
a similar but less perfect result.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

HoRsERADIsH.-A correspondent eff This
Garden (Lon1on) says: It may not be gen-
orally known that If leaves or litter be placed
on the tops OF horsertdlsh crowns two feet
or so thick, the plants grow through them
IN. the course OF the summer, making small
white roots the thickness Of ones finger
which are as tender as spring radIshes, and
much to be preferred to the tough, stringy
stuff usually supplied with our roast beef.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
FIRE INSURANCE.
4. q. BRO WIS AGENCY,
Ldngdon's Block, Cor. State and Main S.s.,
MONTPELIER, VT.



CHz ems of Montpelier and vicinity are respectfully
invited to examine the condition and standing of the
following STOCK FIaE issuance COMPANIES, The
Companies represent among the STRONGEST and
BEST in this country and England, and tn r records
IN the recent disastrous coufagrations in Chicago and
Boston entitled them the confidence OF those dssir
ing ELIABLE INSURANCE.
Compdhies, Assets.
II ERfOOta s. LYNDON GLOBE, SEQ 106, go
nth BRITISH Il MERCANTILE is 900 600
ROYAL, of England ID ono 00e
FRANKLIN, of Philadelphia 33S 67I
ms. c ;. OF No. AMERICA of Phila 2 o76 40
CDN .iNGS ilAL, OF New York, 22Si 252
lev ILtANia, OF Phlladslphia, l,I~9 3l5
PHOENIX, of Earriord. 070 7a9
Ma tRAGA >SErT, of Providence 533 565
MERCHANTS, of Providence 4s5 80
N4TlO AL Y NJ, of PHILADELPHIA 4I9 52I
ALon OF Cleveland, 400, sos
GRMAN, of Ere Pa AKA so
htoSIo Sirr VALLEY, OF Memphis, 1853 500
ALaEMaNNi !, OF Pittsburgh, 3V3 $50
"a Il q, of Phi adephIa, pal 7 3
flhoI NhIIoN Al, OF Worcester, 1856 476
LYCOMING, OF Muncy, Pa (Stock & Mutt $40 377
Seven years experience in Fire Insurance. and a
constant familiarity with all details tbles me 10
transact the business In such manner as that
NO QUESTION SHALL ARISE,
in loss All business entrusted to NV
care will receive prompt and imp edlate attention and
Will be placed IN p7rfec ly responsible and honorab
companies, and every attention will be shown the
interest at my customers. Commu mic atoms BY mai.
viii receive prompt atte nton.
A. c. BROWN.
Nm aIIAr Aaro n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

Guilt transcription windows,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
Tuner of IL Years Growth
Cured by Railways 1scsOiVent.

BEvEELg. Mass. July J.. lisa.
Dr.. RsDwAY II have had Ovarian TEE0r
bves Al Doctors sid there
every thing that recommended tn nothing
your R-srlvsnt. and thought would
Ia IT, beanie hai suffered far twelve years. to-
q tie Resolveut, and one box q RaiWays P
ties q your Ready Relief; and there cf
felt, and FL better, smarter and happier ttsa have
for twelve Tie ti= lr-r 81
bowels, groin. write this Of
others. You can publish i # you cheese
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

It i; recommended with unbounded assurance in
all eiSes Cuts Bruises. Burns, Sprains Rheuma-
sn Hard Swellings Bites, Chilbiains, Stiffness OF
t4e joints. frozen Feet, Ears, &c, &C. among all
u. son =. and for Sprans. Founders, Ringbone Poll
- scratches, WindGalls Hoofale, Spevins, Spring
H.: IL lie Collar and Harness Calls; also diseases
, 70 and Ear in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
Vermont Methodist Seminary
Female College.


Rsv.J.C w. GoxE A. NJ, Principal.
full faculty OF accomplished Teachers Four repp-
courses OF study Commercial dePa he opened
Fall term. Buildings, new. spacious. and elesant
Special attention TO Music add Ornamen taIs Rates
low. Ample facilities tor selEBoariing. Fan Term
opens Aug. 2Sth. Winter Term, Dec. ith. For boaro
oms address M PRINCIPAL. rM93
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30

Seven years experience in Fire lnsura nce and a
constant familiarity with all its details, ,bles me
transact the business in such manner as that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
iney & bladder Complaints.

Urinary. and Womb diseases Grave. Diabetes. Irog--
S,-ppage Of Water Incontuence Of Urine. BriElts Ds
ease Aluumuura and in ~ where there brick
Gus; deposits the Is thick. cloudy mixed III
substances iike the white Of an threads Ike t5
SIX there Is morbid, dark bilious appearance. zau
white boseGust deposits and when there is psak-s
burning sensation when passing water AID pain e. IL
S.a! IF the BAGS and along tie Ions. FT-cl SIo--
WORM S.-The OILY known a1l sure Rerl-.7
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
HEALTH! BEAUTY!I
DR.. RAILWAYS

ST HDNG md II kE KItH BLDOU-INtkEAs s
OF FLESH AND WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN ANL
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED To ALL.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

Loss OF TINE.-Tnere are not few
who, without any intentional idlenesS, yet
waste odds and ends of time and with
them lose that sense of its value, on which
all permanent success depends. Any one
who will take the trouble to add together
all the minutes lost in week by waiting
for some expected person or event, by
frivolous aud useless gossip, or by needless
pauSes IN the midst Of labor, will be aston
lshed at the aggregate result, Where
persons who are working on time fall into
such habit, they are rob5ing their en-
ployers as certain as if they took money
from their till. Some commence a days
work few minutes late, leave off little
too soon, and extend the noon recess a
triae. If a friend comes in, they Il de
slst from their work to converse, and in
similar petty ways will really defraud
those who pay them for their full time. 1t
is sad fact, but one we'll established, that
the average of men will do from one fifth
to one thmd more in day, when they are
working for themselves, than when they
are working for another and are paid for
their time. But the truth is, such persons
are defrauding themselves even more than
their employers. They are their own ene-
mics, They are losing their reputation
for punctuality and reliability, and will
thereby lose the confidence of those who
have trusted them, and at length the en-
ployment itself will be withdrawn. But
beyond this, they are losing their own in-
tegrity, their tielity, their virtue, which
thus go from them in driblets, and will
leave them stranded on the shore of dis
honor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

SHERIDAN's REMINIscENcEs.-D
his stay here General Sheridan was con.
versing with few friends touching hia
military experiences and campaigns, when
he SAID There is mighty sight of ro.
nance and great many Interesting epiSo-
des connected with the war that the his
torlans never got hold of. For instance
there has been great deal said about the
battle Of Winchester, little affair in which
| had hand. Well, it was pretty
square fight, but do you know that battle
was fought on the strength of information
which L obtained from a young lady in
the town OF Winchester, and if the rebels
knew she was giving it to me they would
have hung her in minute. | was very
anxious to get information of the rebel
strength and movements so as to know
just when aud where to strike them, but
1 did not know how to get it. Finally |
heard of a Union lady in Winchester who
could be relied on if [ could get word to
her. Her name was Miss Wright. l
think she is in the treasury department at
Washington now. But the trouble was
to communicate with her. One day |
heard Of an old colored man. living outside
of my lines, who had pass to 60 into
Winchester to sell vegetables. sent
for the old mar, and on talking with him,
found him loya!, as the colored folks were,
you know. Finding he could keep a
secret, asked him If he would undertake
to fnd lady in Winchester. The old
fellow said he would So | wrote letter
on thin tissue paper, and rolled it up in
tlnfoi. 1t made ball about as big as
the end Of ynur thumb, and | told the
old man to put it in his mouth and deliver
it to Miss Wright, in Winchester. He
went off, and in about two days came
back with an answer rolled up in the same
piece of tin foil | found | had struck
mighty good lead, and l followed it
carefully till got all the information
then | got from all other sources,
and | planned the battle of Winchester
almost entirely on what | got from
her. She was nice girl, and true as
steel. ."-Hdian4poiiS Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

delivered from these libraries in the year
io| was ,345 ,l79, or nearly one for each
inhabltant in the State. 1t will thus be seen
that the average annual circulation is about
two and one-half times the number of VOL
umes IN the Libraries. TIE largest proper
tlonate circulation is the library at MelrOse
containing ,504 volumes and delivering 49,
600 volumes in the year. The public library
at Springfield has 81 900 volumes New
Bedford, 200; Worcester, 25, 500; Lowell,
10, ,245: Lynn, 1883; Brookine, IA 449;
Newburyport, l3, ,69S Charleston, I3 $50,
and Taunton 1U, lS0. These, with the Bos-
ton Public Library, containing 1877 ,00O.
comprise all the free public libraries 10 the
State that contain over 10000 volumes.
The largest number of books lent, aside from
the $4,000 from the Boston Library, is 63
6o3, from the library at Charleston. In Or
der to show the progress of public spirit iu
this direction, it may be stated that IN 1860
there were forty-fve free public Libraries,
containing POI ,706 volumes, and delivering
annually over 500 900 volumes and in 1866
there were fifty libraries, containing 345 ,5SS
volumes and delivering l,345, l79 volumes
during the year.
In 1872 there We're 2l3 social libraries in
los cities and towns in Massachusetts-this
class including all except free, private and
Sabbath school libraries. These contain
III ,569 volumes, making total of ,342, ,0i8
volumes in all the public Libraries of any
class IN the State, or nearly one volume to
each inhabtant. Boston has % social libra
rles, with 27l ,6l0 volumes; Cambridge % ,
with 1876, ,004 volumes; Salem -. with So
2OO volumes, and Worcester five Libraries,
with 10000 volumes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

GUIDED BY THE SPTRITs.-Many Of our
readers will remember one e. n. Hudson,
carpenter by occupation, who formerly
resided and worked in Rutland, but lett
there for parts unknown, some time ago. He
is now some thirty-six years of age, and
has turned up in the White Plains, n. Y !,
Jail, under the following circumstances ::
On Wednesday or Thursday last, he called
at the Greeley homestead at Chappaqua,
and obtaining an interview with Mss Ida
Greeley, told her that a vision had ap-
peared to him and informed him that he
must marry a young lady now attired in
mourning. On further inquiry Of the
spirit who the lady was, and where he
would find her, he was informed that
the lady referred to was Miss Greeley.
" hereupon he set cut upon his mission to
find that lady, and had walked more than
thousand miles in pursuit Of his object.
Miss Greeley was naturally much amused
and astonjshed at receiving such a visit,
but gave her visitor to understand that he
had come on a foolish errand. Mr.. Hud-
son became more demonstrative in plead
ing his cause than was agreeable, and she
soon found herself under the necessity Of
sending for Justice Hyatt of Newcastle,
who took her complaint and held the quon-
dam Rltlander to bail in the sum of five
hundred dollars to keep the peace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25
HerOiSm Begins at Home.

We often hear people speak of a heroic
action with certain surprise at its per-
formance not altogether complimentary to
the performer. "lle forgets himself"
they say L" he surpassed HIMSELF" he
was carried away by noble impulse" "
This is not true. A man does not forget
himself in emergency; he asserts himself,
rather. That which is deepest and strong
est in him breaks suddenly through the
a moment you know his real value; you
get measure of his real capacity. But
this capacity is not created, as some say,
by the emergency. No man can be car
ried farther by the demands of the moment
than his common aspirations and sober
purpose have prepared him to 60. A
brave man does not rise to the occasion !;
the occasion rises to him. His bravery
was in him beiore-dormant, but alive !;
unknown perhaps to himself: for we are
not apt to appreciate the slow, snre gains
of convictions of duty steadily followed,
of patient continuance in well doing, of
daily victories over self, until a sudden
draft upon us shows what they have
amounted to. We are like water-springs
whose pent up springs rise with opportu-
nifty to the level of the fountain-head and
no higher. A man selfish at heart and in
ordinary behavior, can not be unselhsh
when unseGshness would be rewarded
openly. If he will not be unsel6sh when
he ought, he can not be so when he would
Is it not question practical for every
home What sort of characters are We
parents and children, forming by every day
habits of thought and action? Emergen'
cies are but experimental tests Of oul
strength OF our weakness and We shall
bear them, not according to sudden resolve
but according to the quality of our daily
living. The oak does not encounter NOR
than two or three whirlwinds during it
long life; but it lays up its solid strength
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

HE FLOOD rIDE-'' There is tide in the
atfIlrs Of men which. taken at the f)oi,
leads on to fortune Who, looking back
upon his past life, can say, Il did not miss
that tide; [ took it at the food p Who
can say toat he never deferred until that
Tomorrow which never comes, the full
flment OF an important duty?
The necessity of embracing the present
opportunity cannot be better illustrated than
IN the question Of lite insurance, the value
OF which is, that 1t provides at once against
the consequences of ID risk which may occur
az any moment, and which no human power
can avoid.
So innumerable are instances of the dan
ger of delay which come within our obser-
vation and experience, that we are astonlshed
at the want Of promptness shown In dealing
with what is one Of the most important du-
ties in all mems lives. The events of a week,
day, or even an hour, may be such as to
render life Insurance impractcable, setting
aside the always impending possibility of
death itself; and still it is deferred from day
to day, from mouth to month, and perhaps
from year to year, till some mlschance oc-
ours, and then tae most anxious applicants
for insurance fnd that from impaired health
or accidental injury, the Insurance society
will not accept their application, and thus
they have lost the only chance that was left
to them for simple duty to their families.
Anxiety and care, and many useless regrets,
follow this disappointment; and when 1t is
too late these men would gladly make any
personal sacrifice to recall that tide which :,
taken at the food, might have led them on
to fortuue but,
"Oilitted all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shadows and in miseries."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

GETTING OUT OF BED-Dr. Hall does
not approve of the old-fashioned doctrine
which was instilled into the minds of
children, namely, that they should spring
out of bed the instant they awake in the
morning. He says that Sup to eighteen
years every child should be allowed ten
hours to be in bed. They may not require
ten hours sleep, but time should be
allowed to rest in bed until they feel as if
they had rather get up than not. 1t is a
very great and mischievous mistake for
persons, old or young, especially children,
and feeble and sedentary persons, to pounce
out of bed the moment they wake up; all
our instincts shrink from it, and 6ercely
kick against it. Fifteen or twenty minutes
spent in gradually waking up after the
eyes are opened, and in turning over and
stretching the limbs, do as much good as
sound sleep, because these operations set
the blood in motion by degrees, tending to
equalize the circulation for during sleep
the blood tends to stagnation, the heart
beats feebly ard slowly, and to shock the
system by pouncing up in an instant and
sending the blood in overpowering quanti-
ties to the heart, causing it to assume a
gallop, when the instant before it was in a
creep, is the greatest absurdity. This
instantaneous bouncing out, as soon as the
eyes are opened, will be followed by wear
mess long before noon"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

THE GUIDING HAND.-There are but
few things in the history of maritime dis
covery more wonderful than the incident -
accident we refuse to call it-by which
the career of Columbus was directed to the
tropical regions of America. On Octobe
7th he was, as he reckoned, PIG miles be
yond the point where he expected to find
Japan. lie was standing on a course
which would have landed him in Florida,
whence he might easily have been borne up
to Virginia. Perplexed and anxious, he
yielded to the advice of Pinzon and bore
up for the S. w. Pinzon said to him, 1t
seems to me like an inspiration. that we
ought to steer in a different direction. :"
Plnzon, it seems, had seen flight of par
rots heading s. w., and thither Columbus
steered. 1t was this which determined
the stream of Spanish colonization to Cen.
tral America, and left the North free for
the English. Birds played many an i'm
portant part in ancient history, but never
a part so distinguished as this. Taese
parrots decided, as Humboldt says, " the
first colonization of the new continent, and
the original distribution of the Roman and
German races of men,"
1t is remarkable, too, that Raleigh's
passionate endeavors to drive a wedge ol
English oak into the heart of SPANS
colonial empire failed miserably, while
the almost casual work of his hand, tn,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

to get their allowance, William g.
stood back. If he chanced to be near at
the time, such look of real pain came
over bis face that every one noticed it.
So, too, when he heard an oath, that same
look came up as naturally as smile on
some mems lips.
He was always prompt and faithful in
even the smallest duties. The command
er said he wished all his crew were like
him, except lis religion. He didn't think
there was much need of that on ship
board.
However, the officer could not help
noticing that look when he swore. A
first it made him angry; but as William
said nothing, he could not we'll quarrel
with a man for LOOK. Then he begin to
feel guilty, and at last left off swearing
solely on account of that look.
Another of the ships crew had felt him
self reproved in the same way, AMI hi
conscience was SO aroused that he also let
off swearing. About the same time b
beg IN to look in his Bible, and to prom S
in his heart that if he ever lived to get o
shore, he would attend church, He ha
not been inside of one for ten years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-25

MISTAKEN LIGurs.-One cause of the
wreck of the AtlInti,, it is alleged, was
the mistake Of one lighthouse for another
which had been passed twenty miles
away TIE off ;ers of the ship had lost
their reckoning made no due allowance
for the current which had probably in-
creased the speed of the vessel. and the
light which was inteuled only to warn
them off point of daager WAS supposed
to be another which welcomes the sailor to
safe harbor.
"Walch things are a parable" In
secular AMI religious life, men are con-
stantIy making just such mistakes Using
all their ensinss AMI setting all sail, they
nay almost cross the ocean of life with sp-
parent prosperity, only to lose their reck-
oang upon a rock-bouni coast. Young
people 10 our days are peculiarly liable
to these dangers. Appearances deceive,
expediency rules, principles lose their
power. Toe Bible, the S,bbath, aud the
G Clurch cease to indlense then. FImily
ties are weakened. Inil lei currents drift
them upon unknown shores. Yet amid all
these increasing perlls they are se!f-coni-
dent, unwilling to take advice Or TO heed
an honest alarm from those who are on the
lookout. NJ foun1lngs are taken, though
the leads are really for instant use. E1-
perience is OF small avail. Even the best
charts are not carefully tuiiei, though
they are out of their tru, courss, aul out
of fuel for propelling the ship which
carries their own destiny and that Of
hundreds more Presently the light upon
the rock h ,shes out their danger Taey
say, no. 1t tells of haven of rest aud
safety. And then com,s the fatsful
shock, the utter wreck, the irreparable
loss OF character AMI fortune, of body and
of soul. Wnat wonder that, when the first
principles of morality and of religion are
thus left. sinners are fnally given up to
deluson to believe lie!' They call good
evil. and evil good. until their spiritual
reckoning is lost, aud, mistaking the very
lights which God himself has placed for
ituger and for safety, they perish without
remedy.