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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

The BANANA TREE.-The banana and
plantain of warm countries are so much
alike that our description will answer for
both trees. The two are oniy varieties of
the same species As for the fruit, the
plantain is used as a vegetable while
the banana can be reIished as a dessert.
The plantain ;s rather insipid; 1t requires
some practice to become accustomed to
the taste, which is not unlike that of
pear which has begun to decay.
This tree does not grow wild any where
it must be cultivated. For Its cultivation
but little labor is required by the natives
of India, or Africa, or the Eastern Archi
pelago, or the South Pacific Islands,
among whom the pIantaln is the richest
gift Of bountiful nature; no other toll is
needed than to cut the thick clusters when
they are ripe, and to turn up the ground
around the roots twice year. 1t is said
that the same piece of ground, which, if
sown with wheat, would sustain two per-
soas, would sustain forty or fifty if plant
ed with bananas or plantains. One reason
is, this tree bears flowers and fruit through
the whole year.
The plantain, it is supposed, has helped
to make the people for whom it bears
fruit so abundantly, lazy set. 1t may be
one cause, but not the only one. Three
dozen good-sized fruits will sustain man
for week. One cluster often bears from
100 to $50 fruits, weighing in all about 75
pounds. After cutting off a stalk with
the fruit, another will shoot up, whose
fruit will be ripe enough to cut in three
months time.
The trunk of the tree grows to height
of twenty or twenty five feet, while the
leaves with their stalks are ten feet long.
The leaves have sheath at the base.
They are useful for many purposes. Some
kinds have fiber which is fine enough to
be used, like fax, in the manufacture of
some of the fine muslins Of India.
The manner 10 which the leaves grow
will show tho difference between the two
groups of vegetables, the endogens and
the oxogens. The plantaiu belongs to the
group endogens, the same to which the
grasses and the palms belong. Our com
mon trees, like the oak, the maple, the
apple, and pear, are oxogenous, the in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

A most frigheful desecration of the New
England Sabbath occurred at Chcopee, NJ. =
sachusetts, last week. The State Constables,
not appearing to comprehend the religious
duty of eating baked beans on the Sabbath,
actually went about in Che morning and
closed all the bakeries, with the beans in
tended for many domestic dinner lie in the
ovens The moral lesson of the morning
sermon, if it happened to be against pro'ane
swearing, must have been, we fancy. strange
ly disregarded by the head of many hun
CRY family. There was an equal scarcity of
brown bread, and altogether we suspect that
the Sabbath in Chicopee, on that occasion,
was hardly sweet day of rest.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

A comical twin story is reported from
Dublin. A barber was waited upon one
morning by a nice young gentleman, who
desired the hairdresser's lowest terms per
week for keeping his comely "eaput in
condition. A moderate sum was named
and accepted. Thereafter the new Gus
toner appeared regularly every day for
" close shave" with frequent additions of
shampooing and hair-cutting, and often
twice day. In short, the barber mar
yelled at the rapidity with which the
young mans beard and hair grew, and
the mystery was only solved after con-
siderable time, when, one day two of him
came into the shop at once for shave,
The original customer who had twin
brother so exactly like him in personal ap-
pearance that one couldn't tell other
from which," and the two had been getting
the attention of the tonsor for the price
paid for one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

FASHION Nor REFINEMENT-I observe
that Utmost all persons who discuss fashions
apologetically fail to make certain I'M
portant determinations. They talk of
beauty, taste, art and refinement, as if
these things were synonyms with style
and fashion. They point to the beauti-
full green earth with its endless profusion
of beauty in the forms and colors of its
vegetation. They point upward to the
spanged heavens, all radiant with celestial
splendor. They tell US that God has
made everything beautiful in his time, and
that We should initiate his exquisite crea-
tions.
If it were really question of taste, art,
beauty, or refinement, this argument
would be relevant and weighty. We may
certainly ann to build and dress in good
taste and with refinement. But the argu-
ment is almost entirely irrelevant. Style
IS not taste, and fashion is not refinement.
The prevailing styles seldom correspond
with good taste, and that only accidental
". The female dress-fashions of to-day,
as all persons of culture and refinement
vel know, are made up of horrid deformI-
ties, tawdry fnery, and costly vulgarity.
The demi-monde who invent them, and
the journalist who spread them. are not
true artists Indeed from these inven-
tions We might almost suppose them to
be barbarians. \ painter or scul ptor
would destroy his art reputation If he
were to present, on canvas or marble, al
most any part of the form which a girl OF
the period presents to the eye An angel
attred in the fashion of the day would
present the appearance of monster. 1t
is amazing that cultured American women
should submit to such deiormities and
WI lgarities-women who really possess.
4 discerning sense
OF decent and sublime, with quick disgust
From things defo med or dIsarranged OF gross
In species.
Refined culture, then, does not origin
ate fashion.
Fashions originate in " the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life" The prof gate women of our mod
ern Sodom invent most of them to set off
their - female charms" in bewitching
manner. No respectable lady can walk
the streets of European city, to-day,
lad in fashionable attire and unattended,
without exposing herself to suspicion and
insult
Among our respectable American women
fashion is founded mainly on pride. 1t is
an effort to attain the distinction of supe-
rior excellence, wealth and happiness. 1t
is an effort to outrank the masses by out.
stripping them in changing our clothes. 1t
is an effort to prove that 1--WE are as good
as anybody" by dressing as gay and
stylish as any 1t is the lowest arena and
the silliest struggle that pride has ever
entered.
New styles almost uniformly appear
hideous, and they are usually hiedous in
deed But they are soon associated with
wealth, pleasure, and aristOcracy, and by
an illusion of fancy they are invested with
kind of fictitious beauty and loveliness.
La discussing this subject, then, we should
clearly understand that style does not
usually originate in taste, but in lust and
pride, and that fashion i. not usually an
exhibition of refinement, but vulgarity.-
Interior.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

The st. Louis Democrat backs the Legisla-
ture of Missouri - against any similar body
that has assembled in this country since the
discovery of America by Christopher COL
umbus. for stupidity, for useles-ness, for
depravity, and for all those qualities which
convert honest men into rogues and sensible
men into asses
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

The San Francisco Ne0s Letter says. L" In
the Police Court. the other day, musician
was fned twenty d 'llars for peltin, a woman
with tomatoes. We hope this will have the
desired effect to break up this disagreeable
custom, for which there is no justification in
a city paved with cobble-stoues.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

PosrAsx SrAMPs-How PREpARED.-
As soon as they emerge from the hydraulic
press, postage stamps are gummed- The
paste is made from clear starch, or rather
its dextrine, which is acted upon chemi-
cally and then boiled, forming a clear.
smooth, slightly sweet mixture. Each
sheet of stamps is separately placed upon
fiat board, and its edges covered with a
light frame Then the paste is sneared
on with large whltewash brush, and the
sheet is laid between two wire racks and
placed on a pile with others to dry. Great
care is taken in the manufacture of this
paste. Which is perfectly harmless. This
gratifying fact has been coDclusively
proved by an analysis recently made by
an eminent chemist After the cumming
another pressing in the hydraulic press
follows. Then more counting-in fact,
stamps are counted no less than thirteen
times during their process of manufacture.
The sheets are cut in half, each portion
containing one hundred stamps, this being
done by girls with ordinary hand shears.
Next follows the perforation. which is per-
formed by machinery. The perforauons
are first made in perpendicular line, and
afterward in a horizontal line. Another
pressing folows-this time to get rid of
the raised edges on the back of the stamps
made by the dies. and this eIds the manu-
facture. A separate apartment is devoted
to the packing and sending off the stamps
to the different post offices. 1t will be
h.,
the poisonous, or unclean
properties of postage stamps, are utterly
without foundation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square of IL lines or less of Nonpariel
type, one insertion, 81 90; for each subsequent
sertlon = cents. Unless the number of insertion
are marked on the advertisement it will be contin
ued till ordered out liberal discount made to mer-
chants and others advertising by the year
Probate and Comm. ssioners' Notices a. 90 eacf
For notices of Liberations, Estrays the Forms-
ton and Dissolution of Copartnershps &C. 81 so
each for thre insertions. If sent by Mail the
mon y must accompany the letter.
Notices in news columns, 10 cents per line each
Insertion. but no charge made of less tn so cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
but extenaeu ODItuary Notices Poetry viii be
charged at the rate of i've cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

Asa companion piece to the equestrian
statue of Admiral Farragut, who was never
on horseback in bis life, there ought to be
bronze representation Of Gen. Sherman
charging the nights of Mission Ridge in
canoe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

a clerk in the Indianapolis post-ofhee is in
the last stages of drouth occasioned by his
gallantry in volunteering to lick postage
stamps for all the girls who put in letters.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

A religious editor indulges in the fun OF
stating the Lay torpedo recently experiment.
ed with at Newport, Rhode Island. and 90
named from Mr.. Lay, the inventor. Pew
rieht-an device for blowing up the clergy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

An exchange saws .

1kH OAOHaueC
" Delaware has so much money in its
Treasury that it don't know what to do with
It, and on the present basis of taxation there
is no prospect of getting out of the en-
barrassment. Delaware is a rdrG auis
It always was the " Blue Hen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

efectually startle the sleeper. Nothing
could be done, and so madam had to sit
and blush amid the titters of the crowd
Boston Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-26

wit applies to the Caldwell debate in
the Senate the Persian proverb 50 hear
the sound of the millstone, but / see no
meal"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
4 Transportation Item.

Steamboats, are now carrying flour
from st. Louis to New Orleans for
twenty-five cents barrel, and the rail
roads are carrying it to Boston for 81 80
per barrel-the distances being about
the same, 1900 miles, The rates for
grain are respectively : To New Or
leans by water, 1910 per hundred to
Boston, by rail, Csc per hundred. A
little comparison of these two rates
shows that the steamboats, are carrying
.fUe barrels of -four to New Orleans for
the same price that the railroads charge
for carrying one to Boston, and that the
boats are carrying five bushels and a
fraction of corn for the same price that
is charged by rail for one bushel the
same distance.
Steamboatmen complain of the pres
ent low rates, 12I cents per hundred,
or 8. so ton, at which they are now
carrying freights still these rates show
what can be done when there is plenty
of water in the river and navigation is
easy and they show, too, how import
ant it is to the grain-growers Of the
West to have sufficient water in the
rivers at all seasons Of the year. The
difference between 10 and IS cents per
hundred is $10.45 per ton-a sum which,
calculated ON one-half the Western pro-
duce that passes down the Mississippi
and its tributaries, would, in few years,
pay the cost of all the improvements
needed to secure easy navigation at all
seasons of the year. Louis Repu5-
Iic0n.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
Poor Jack.

A correspondent writes from Boyle's
camp: "Capt. Jack was grievously
disappointed that Gen. Davis did not
meet him on equal terms, when his ten
mile ride brought him to headquarters.
He thought himself great chief, and
expected the commander of the opposing
forces to meet him and have talk.
Talk goes a great way with an Indian,
and he supplements his defeats and his
victories. and introduces all his great
movements and transactions, with an
interminable amount of talk. Gen.
Davis is not much on that layout, and,
to tell the truth, he doesn't understand
the Indian traits and hobbies well
enough to get the truth out of them
when they do talk to him. The most
unl1indest cut of all was when the Gen
eral returned, to Jacks protestations
that he should never try to run away,
answer that he had found him out to be
such liar that he wouldn't believe him
if he swore by the four Modoc lakes.
Poor Jack, now vert thou indeed fallen
and treated despitefully p
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

Mental depression is a disease of the nervous
system and of all the ills flesh heir to- it is the
one that excites the least sympathy. 1t is a sub
ject of frequent ests, and is called by various de-
ristve terms; but although it is often laughed at
it is easy to laugh the patient out of the belief
that his ills all real-for it is real disorder
the general features of which are constant fear,
anxiety and gloom. The external senses as we'll
the mental faculties, often manifest symptoms
of arrangement. Noise, of falling water, and
ringing in the complained Of, while black
specks and fiery sparks frequently fit before the
vision. Admonitions like these should not be dis
regarded, as they may, if neglected, terminate in
insanity The seat of the disease is in the brain
and nervous system, and to control the malady it
is necessary to use powerful tonic and aItera-
tive, which will correct and tone those organs
without infiaming the brain. This is the secret
the of Hostet+ers Stomrch Bitters in cases
of this kind, for which it is the safest well as
the best of restoratives. In fact it is the only
pure and reliable tonic stfmulant known Many
nostrums purporting to be tonics, are pulled up
from time to time in the newspapers but the suf-
ferer had better let them alone HostetteIs
stomach Bitters has proven itself, by many years.
trial. to be in every respect what represented
TO be
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
DR.. A. TRASK'S
MAGNETIC OINTMENT
FOR THE CURE OF
1NFLAMMAToRY DISEASES.

n. r.,y- - , - =. .
81 III. a .s was enSdseu lor twenty years IN
course OF experiments upon the medical prop
er.lGs ana power OF vegetables separate and
c1d ~ ~ .iiG u.s. VI eeEctit1 yeas ne sue
f ne ~ p;irscnHs ~ ,G M"tlu ~ me result
VI ils ~ liiets, eoiiulil1tton oI Vegetable
10 uhoi""lou IA Wy 9hI"ls VI heulc!ue
+;d Rhls , uiscosery c0 1t N comolpa-
IIPLo " !le9c PoMel!ul NcSVIlptc Extracts with
hiectflclty OF Magnetism III the form OF an ONT
ment
oertatn, IL rs, that the remarkable and
unprecedented success which has attended its
application in the cure Of diseases, stamps it at
once as the greatest discovery of the age, and
calls for trial and close investigation of its
properties
lt never faiiss willie there remains suf-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
ONE form of Catarrh begins with III

easiness of nose the nose is INSTRUCTED by the
thickened lining membrane and feels dry a
desire to pick it, bleeds a little, sores soon
start, spread and get deeper. crusts forn, on
them, large and hard to get away, matter dis
charges, flesh is eaten and the bone decays,
breath very offensive and face becomes disfiS-
urged. Terrible disease. Nothing will cure
but DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery,
taken earnestly to correct the blood and sys-
tenn; locally, use DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
a healing specific and, to apply it properly,
DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche. This reaches all
the diseased parts. All these sure means of
cure sold together for 50 by Druggists CAS-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

THE Trade DoLLAR.-A general mis-
apprehension seems to exist in regard
to the new coin, which vas provided for
by Congress at the last session, to be
known as the trade-dollar. The fact is
that the sole object of the act is to facili-
tate commerce between this country
and China and Japan, by allowing silver
to be made into these dollars in the
United States, instead Of as heretofore,
having to send the bullion to London
for coinage. This new dollar will be
used exclusively in trade with the Ce-
lestials, and will not enter into general
circulation in this country, and will only
be coined as demanded for use.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

A CORRESPONDENT of the Practical
Farmer says: 81 have known many
men, and women, too, who from various
causes have become so much affected
with nervousness that when they
stretched out their hands they shook
like aspen leaves on windy days and by
daily, moderate use of the blanched
footstalks of celery leaves as a salad
they become strong and steady in limbs
as other people. l have known others
SO very nervous that the least annoyance
put them in state of agitation-and
they were in almost constant perplexity
and fear-who were effectively cured by
daily moderate use of blanched celery
as salad at meal times. I have known
others cured by using celery for palpita-
ton of the heart. -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

The above cut represents new Hand
Stamp, excelently adapted for use in printing
small Cards, Envelopes, Addresses Ticket
marks, and kindred purposes.
1t is strongly and durably made. simple in
its operation. and gives an impression equal in
appearance to that made by printing press.
No ribbon is used, but in it's place ordinary
printing ink of any desired color is applicable
The electrotype plate may be detached in
simultaneously, thus allowing the use of as
many different plates as is desired
This Stamp illustrated, described. and
Endorsed III the Scientific american for Nav
31st. 1873, and it is already in use BY large
number Of the best business houses.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
Dr.: Pieroe's eoId41 Medical Discover.


TIME necessary ~ cur. il with any
othcr edicine, aca Il cacs Il, rot ~ E,-)-
thS II up, 54t by 1eD1cz.4 cte 6s1.SsS..tegze,-
Irritation. end keaAwe ~ Sxsectey s..,.s For.I
cases of fAoarseness, ESEpression or
Loss of Voice. BRONCHITIS, Severe
Chronic or lingering Coughs, it
Will be found to surpass any rlltcine that has
ever before been offered to the PfLlic. While it
6gTes ;i si,sTrt sGesshs it stFcshlns the
great blood purifying prcps<es, it cures all
-Four to six bo,tE are warranted to cure
Salt RheunH oFTetter and the worst kind
Of PinlpIes n he face, Hoiis, Carbun-
cles, Sores, Esysipelasand EsiotcE cs
among the hair. Eight to twelve bottles are war
ranted to cure RSnnfng of the Ears,
corrupt or Running Ulcers, ScrofuIa
andthe worst forms ofSSe &c ondary and Ter
tiary Diseases 10 to SIX bottles, liver
Complaint. sI.CC>er 6 bottles for
worlds Dispcnsary, SeS. SO, 81, g. and
50 West Seneca St, BUFFALO, n. ~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

TooTHAcHE proceeds from ague in the
face, operating upon the exposed nerve of a
decayed tooth. Rub the gum thoroughly with
the finger wet with Johason's Anodyne Lini-
n,e'at, heat the face well. and lap flannel wet
with the liniment on the face; also put little
of the liniment into the cavity of the tooth on
cotton.-TCom
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

Dr. J. STA1NER, organist OF st. Paul's
Cathedral, London, has written a note
to the agent for the Mason & HANLIN
Cabinet Organs, in London, expressing
his great satisfaction with them, and
especially commencing their tones as
Remarkably pure and free from reedi-
ness "
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03
FoR Lnss of Annetite. Drsnensia i

For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Depression of Spirits and General
Debility. in their various forms. FERRo-PHos-
PHoRATED ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAS-
WELL, HAZARD d Co., New York. and sold by al
druggists, is the best tonic. AS q stimulant
tonic for patients, recovering fromfever or other
sickness. it has no equal. If taken during the
season it prevents fever and ague and other
intermittent fevers.-[Com.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

THE SKEPTICAL CONVINCED. Every
advance in Medicine, every new remedy
has encountered an opposition, which is
the test of truth. Galen and Jenner
only were believed when they had proved
their discoveries against opposition.
But men are observing, and benefits
always make believers. No incredulitv
can stand the silent argument of good
results. When DR. Walker proclaimed
that he had produced from the medicinal
herbs of California an Elixir that would
regenerate the sinking system and cure
diseases not organic, the incredulous
shook their heads. Yet his VINEGAR
BIrTERs is now the Standard Restorative
of the Western World The truth
could not be resisted. Under the opera.
ton of the new remedy, Dyspeptics re-
gained their health, appetite and
strength, the Bilious and Constipated
were relieved of every distressing symp-
tom /; the Consumptive and Rheumatic
rapidly recovered Intermittent and Re
mittent Fevers were broken up: the
faint OF Scrofula was eradicated Who
could gainsay facts like these? Not
even the faculty. Skepticism was
routed. All doubts as to the claims of
the Bitters to the first place in the first
rank of modern medicines were silenced.
and this wonderful preparation is to-day
the most popular Tonic, Alternative and
Blood Depurent ever advertised in
America. In common with other Jour
nalists, we are free to add our testimony
to this remedy. It is domestic medi-
cine, and no household should be with
out it, Com.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

The system frequently gets out of or
der and should be at once regulated, else other
troubles will ensue. When physic is needed
take Parsons Pargatire Pi!s: they are safe,
wholesome and natural medicine.-LCom.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-03

Our READERS should be careful to
notice that Proctor & CANDLES Stamp is
upon the bars of their NOTED German soap,
as all good articles are initiated, and this Soap
being SO popular, other manufacturers have
copied their stamp.