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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

A SHOWER OF PEBBLEs.-The steamer
New York, Capt. Winchester, when eight
miles from land, thirty-three miles east of
Portland, on her trip from Boston, July
10th, between 7 and O'Clock, was visited
BY shower of pebbles that fell like hall
stones. The watch on deck, VINO was
trimming his light at the time, supposed
that some of the crew were pelting him.
The whole of them fell abaft the paddle
boxes. In the morning he swept them up
and threw all but one handful overheard,
much to the regret of all on board as some
we're very handsome. In the opinion of
an eminent geologist the stones were taken
up by a whirlwind from some brook. 1t
will be remembered that the sky present.
ed very singular appearance that even
ing. The wind at the time, to use queer
expression, blew from all quarters. The
stones saved were about one size, and pre-
sent the worn appearance of pebbles on
the bottom Of fresh.water brook, and will
weigh about half an ounce each.
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We got some sage brush to burn for light.
AS we had no means of keeping light,
and the bottom of cave No. 2 was strewn
with large rocks, difficult to climb over
and among, we went as far as we could
and then turned back. The third cave
was opposite the entrance to No. l, and
upon examination presented the same fea-
lures as the others. The first cave entered
was the largest. We then turned our
faces lakeward, found our traps uumolested
during our absence, and had dinner"
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CAPT. JACKS CAvE.-The Boston
Transcript publishes an extract from
private letter giving an account of the
first visit of white man to Captain
Jacks cave:
a directed Bogus Charley to take the
lead to the famous caves which no white
man had ever visited, and to see which
was the object of my expedition. Bogus
was in doubt whether he could find the
trail, it had been so long since he was
there-some two years. But l told him
to make the trial, and we started off in
single file, Bogus on the lead, then myself,
c., J. and the enlisted men. | had a
carbne, G and j pistols, and the soldiers
Springfield reech-loaders; Charley had
no weapons, so if he meant treachery he
would be the first victim. 1t was in-
tensely hot, and after tumbling and
scrambling over rocks for four hours,
Charley came to halt, saying he had lost
the trail. ordered rest of few min.
utes, and then told Charley to try again.
"We were then almost to the middle of
the lava beds, which were from twenty
to twenty-five miles long by from eeven to
nine miles wide-that is to say, we were
about four miles from cur starting-point in
straight line, though we had travelled
about seven. In about half an hour
Charley, as he raised a crest, discovered
a juniper tree, which was the mark he
had been looking out for. and informed me
that the caves were within three hundred
yards of that tree, which latter was dis.
tant from us about five hundred yards. We
made the last quarter-stretch in hurry
and sure enough there was a cave
Charley descended first, and then turned
to me, as l began to descend, and said
Leave your guu.'
Il gave my carbine to one of the men
and descended about thirty feet. Charley
and proceeded to the mouth of cavern
and as went in Charley said, You first
white man ever come here.' | entered
the first cave, which l found to be three
hundred feet long by forty FIVE feet wide
and thirty to thirty-6ve feet high, Lighted
from the top by two holes in the roof ex
tending to the surface of the ground
there were side galleries and tunnels run
ming from the floor to the outside surfac,
of the ground in all directions. .Eagl,
nests adorned the ceilings, and mountain
sheep tracks dotted the dust which la,
several inches thick on the bottom of tn
cave. Stalactites hung on the sides. Thi
was the first cave and the largest. Afte
I passing through this, We came into day
light again, into another crater, on the op
posite side Of which was q hole larp
enough for . man to conveniently entsl
Charley went in first. and finding it dark
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-30

TIE BUFIALo-GRAss OF COLORADO
The Denver correspondent Of the Chicago
Inter.O Ocean relates the following:
"The followinglittle incident, related 70
me by the principal actor therein, will
prove of interests to many not connected
With the cattle trade. It has never before
been in print. and is vouchsd fos By sll Of
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Unconscious Influence.

As men are unconscious Of how much
harm they do, aud Of how much unhappi.
ness they unvittingly cause, so they may
do great deal more good than they think F;
they may do great deal intending it but
no man ever works strongly and boldly and
whole hearledly, but what, | think, be
does more without knowing it than he does
knowing it, 1t is not what you say to your
class, teacher, that measures the influence
that you are exertiug upon them. If you
be faithful, if your heart is 10 the work, it
is not that of which you can make stats.
tics 10 the social circle that measures your
influence there. Far more influence comes
with activity than is shown by the immedi.
ate fruit Of that activity, Tho shadow Of
Peter worked Just as much as Peters body
itself worked and genuine men and wo.
men work both by substance and by shad-
ow-by purpose and by unconscious inau-
once. There he mauy who mourn the want
opportunity, and yet endeavor to conform
to the disposition Of their Master, and to
carry themselves through life wisely and
well, who will wake up by and by, when
they stand in the presence Of the all.reyeal-
ing eye, with sweet surprise and adoring
gratitude. to see how much more, after all,
their life meant than they themselves
thought. In your boyhood, as you will
very well remember, you used to write
with invisible ink aud there was nothing
for the recipient to do but TO take the paper
and hold it to the fire, and straightway out
came the message There is much writing
with invisible ink in this world. There is
great deal Of trumpeting activity. There
is also a great deal Of activity which does
not report itself to the senses, but which is
powerfully inhuental-namely, a godly
life; patient continuance in well-doing
attainment in humility, fidelity, truth
standing faithful to the end in the place
where God has put you. You cannot tell
what you are doing. No man can tell it to
you. You are writing with invisible letters
on thousands of chiIdren's hearts on the
hearts Of passers.by; on the hearts Of
friends and neighbors; on the hearts Of
those whom you meet in every circle where
you move. There are a thousand infu.
ences radiating from you in your lifetime
which will bring forth their seeds abun-
dainty in the kingdom Of Gods glory
". Beecder.
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What is scolding? 1t is a lashng with
the tongue, a moral and mental hogging.
There is no argument about it, no persuasion,
no law, no kindness it is mere cruel pun
shment Many a parent who would be
ashamed to treat a child unsparingy, will
yet bring down upon it the entire mental
force very numerically indeed. There is
at this moment case in the next room, n
very common one, but listen. "What are
you doing now How dare you? Didn't
tell you not to touch that? You are all
the time into some mischief You are the
most troublesome little mink | ever saw -
aud so on. Just imagine all that brought
to bear on a sensitive little child only two
years old, the tone and the look making
every Impression seem like distinct blow,
The little spirit is crushed into silence or
rrieyed to tears. When it is repeated
again aud again, it is hardened to indiffer-
ence, or more frequently into defiance,
screaming back in that initiated cry with
which so many children do their scolding.
For they are apt imitators. When older,
they will tease and quarrel with each other,
and grow up fretful and complaining, love-
less aud unloving. At maturity they too
will be likely to become scolds. This thing
seems in families like some diseases.
" Can't be helped, then" did you say?
Yes it can The remembrance of the
suferngs Of such childhood ought to be
enough to help any intelligent, rejecting
person and if it is not, such a race might as
well die out. Such a moral blight is worse
than almost any merely physical disease
that is handed down from parent to child,
IN Y. Witness.
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The FnmlIy Hammer.

There is one thing no family pretends to
do without. That is hammer. And yet
there is nothing that goes to make up the
equipment of domestic establishment that
causes one-half as much agony and profan-
ity as a hammer. 1t is always an old
hammer, with handle that is inclined to
silver, and always bound to slip. The face
is as round as a full moon and as smooth
as glass. When it strikes nail full and
square, which it has been known to do, the
act will be found to result from a combina-
tion of pure accidents. The family ham
mer is one of those rare articles we never
profit by. When it glides off a nail head
and mashes down couple Of fingers, We
unhesitatingly deposit it in the yard, and
observe that we will never use it again
But the blood has hardly dried on the rag
before we are out doors in search of that
hammer, and ready to make another trial
The result rarely varies, but we never pro
fit by it.
The awful weapon goes on knocking OF
our nails, and MASKING whole joints, anc
slapping off the handle to the confusion oI
mantel ornaments, and breaking the com
mandments, and cutting up an assortment
of astounding and unfortunate antics, with
out let or hindrance. And yet we put ~
with it, and put the handle on again, anC
lay it away where it won't get lost, and dc
up our mutilated and smarting fingers
Aud yet, if the outrageous thing SHOULD
happen to get lost, we kick up regular
hullabaoo about it, until it is found again
Talk about the tyranziag influence of
bad habit 1t is not to be compared will
the family hammer - DanJury Neps.
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The Home Circle.



When the way is rough, and the clouds are dark
In the hended sky above me,
VIII the friends who gathered 10 other days
Still ather around and love mel
VIII they help mo on with CHEEKY words
As strive with brave cndeavor1
VIII they tighten the links 0f fricuddiip's chain
That adverslty's hand would sevefi
II 90, can welcome the gathering gloom
with q shout of heartfelt defiance,
And thank the misfortune that makes more strong
The bond Of our blessed alliance.
When sorrow has fidcd my blushiqg check,
And time LEFT its pcnclcd traces
VIII the lovers who plcnd for a smile or a wsfd
Stlll claim In my heart their pfascsi
When silver u threading my nut brown hair,
And the freshness Of youth has len me,
When the autumn Of lifc has with merciloss hand
OF sunshine and blossom bercit me.
VII they love me then for myself alone,
For the beauty that never can perish
Then welcone the death Of the summer flowers, ,-
lmmortelles alone cherish
IN the dnrkenlng way, once the gathering gloom,
And tho trial sharp, glory,
IN the pallid check, and the care-llned brow,
And the sun-llt locks grown hoary,-
In the speeding Of riches that took them wings
In sorruw and pain and Losses
Since they are bat furnace fires that Try
My gold from its dimming Dresses
Oh the storm may sweep in its widest wrath,
And the sky grow black above eme,
! can bear the Agrcrst ping that comes,
n The friends st1ui nrta that love Hc.
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True Piety sparkles with joy all over.
A true Christian life would make even a
little child love to be Christian. One who
has the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ will
be as he was; and wherever be came every
body hocked to him. Even the old sturdy
priests and pharisces could not keep away
from him. Mothers with their children came
to him Children themselves ran to him,
Aud the wicked .-those who were not account
cd to be worthy of standing in society free
they thronged his footsteps. Wherever the
Master came there were sympathy and at
tractiyeness and wherever there is true
piety, it should be sweet it should be
fragrant it should draw the bees, the very
inseets--to it.-Beecker.
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hanral &c II eliginus.


" q Lord, my God 20 Oft have said,
" Had some other cross instead
OF this bear from day 10 day,
'Twcre easier to 20 on my way
! do not murmur at Ia weight
That thou hast made prop0rtl0nnte
70 my scant strength but ola full sore
IL presses where II pressed before.
" change for space, however brief,
The wontod burden, that relief
May DER my aching shoulders steal
And the deep bruise have room TO heal"
While thus ! sadly sighed to-day,
heard my gracious Father say
" Canst thou not trust my love, my child,
And 10 thy cross be rccOnciled
" fashioned II thy needs 10 meet
Nor were thy discipline complete
without that very pain and bruse,
Which thy weak heart would fan refuse"
Ashamed, answered, A. thou wilt
own my mlthlessnoss and guilt
Welcome tho weary palm shall be,
Since only that j. best for me-"
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Prayer draws down gifts from heaven
1t fills the empty soul. 1t brings strength
to the weak, true riches to the poor, grace
to the feeble. 1t is bank of wealth, q
mine of mercy, store of blessings, 1t
flies where the eagle never flew. lttravels
further and moves faster than the light.
Well might Mary Queen Of Scotland, say,
81 fear john Knox's prayers more than an
army of ten thousand men,
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ITO BE FOUND AT tn L
UNION HOUSE,

Cor. Main and Union Sts., Montpelier, VI,
Food for the hungry rest for the weary, all quiet
neat and clean. Rooms as pleasant and better furn-
lshed than any public house In town, | send no
orter 10 trains but guests and baggage taken to
and from the depot free Of charge on request. Do
not take the advice Of Porers from other houses, who
say that We live mile from the depot, when IL is not
more than five minutes walk, and that we keep a
onc-horse house, Come and try US once, and If not
satisfied with room, food and prices the hrst hi shall
be gratis. Your ohedient servant,
el-ly GEORGE y. FOSTER
Wholesale and Reiail Dealer In Wood and Coal.
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N OF &c e.
TREASURY DErARrMsSr.

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF TUE tuhhkNtfi
WAsniSsToS, May nth, 1873.
Whereas, BY satisfactory evidence presented to the
unders gned IL has been made 10 appear that THE
NATIONAL BANK OF BARRE, In the town Of Barre,
in the county Of Washington, and state Of Vermont,
has duly organized under and according 20 the
requirements Of the act Of Congress, entitled An act
To provide a National Currency secured by pledge
Of United States Bonds and To provide for the crcu-
latlon and redemption thereof approved June 81,
1904 aud has complied with all the provisions Of said
act required To be complied with heiore commencing
the business of banking under snd act
Now, therefore, |, John jay Knox Comptroller Of
BANK OF BARRE, In the town Of Barre, and county
of Washington, aud state OF Vermont Is authorized
Aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal Of
office, this 18th day Of May, 1915,
,~, JOHN j. KNOX,
rs. Comptroller Of Currency.
wv No. 2,l09. 77-s5
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EARM FOR SALE

The subscriber w,hss 20 sell biz farm, contain'n 2
about 900 oi land and the farm huildinr there
un. said farm has q good sugar place, and r. well
watercd and has good supply n fruit trees. and i
pleasantly located East Montpelier village and
within one half mile of meeting house. school house.
post 0lee. store gris ano mill, and is known a.
The Esquire Bassott Farm. Part Of tho purchase
money may remain on mortgage 10 desired For fur
ther particulars inquire Of the subscriber on the
prcmi-es ROYAL WHEELER.
East Montpelier Stay is7J 73si'
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When your temptations let you alone
let not you God alone but lay up prayers
and the blessings Of constant devotion
against the day Of trial.
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Motives are better than actions men
drift into crime. OF evil they do more
than they contemplate, and Of good they
contemplate more than they do.-B0rce.
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No man can do his best preaching in
an empty house; and the effect Of indii-
ferent listeners is often even more depress-
ing than empty benches Examiner.
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY.

A MILITARY COLLEGE, founded In 1884. Has
a complete College Curriculum, with Preparatory
Department attached.
For information address
Pn0F. CHARLES DOLE,
Sorthdelt VI
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INERALs wANTEDl

LIBERAL PRICES PAID ron GOOD ASBESTOS
AND AMlANTHUS,
Otherwise known ~ Bock-Wood Rock.Csrk, Noun
tain leather, fos.il.Paper, Possii-FlaS and Earth.
Flax
Addre.. hy mail giving specimen. and price per ton,
II. y. JARNES,
77-4 lo nevoushirc Street, Boston, Mass.
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The pitilcss anathema belongs to ecclesi-
asiicism-the hard sneer to in6delity. True
religion does not curse, and honest doubt
will not scoh.
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. j. DEAvITT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
and Solicitor Of Claims, Patents and Pensions,
MnNTpELlER NERMONT

Practices in all the Court. of Vermont and In the
Courts ofohcr states Collect hns made in every part
Of Tie United States and British Provinces Divorces
obtained Mortgages i0reclosed, wills aud Deeds
drawn In the latest and most approved forms. sou
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
SCnENCK's PuLMON1C SYRUP,
SCHENCK'S SEAWEED TONIC,
SCHENCkfS MANN AXE pIIfQ


Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption
Sometimes medicines that will stop cough will
oten occasion tho death Of the patient II locks up
the liver, stops tho circulation Of the blood hemof.
rhage iolow, audi In fact, cogging the action Of the
very organs that caused the cough.
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes Of
twO-thrds Of the cases Of consumption Many are
now complaining with dull pain In the side the bow.
els sometimes costye and sometimes too loese tongue
coated pain In the shoulder blade feeling sometimes
very restless and at other times dowsyt The food that
ia taken lies heavily on the stomach, accompanied
with acdity and nrlehlng Of wind. These symptoms
usually originate from disordercd condition N the
stomach or torpid liver Persons affected 10 they
take one or two heavy colds ami n the cough In these
cases De suddenly stopped tho lungs liver and s0m-
ach clog and remain torpid and inactive and before
the patient BE- of his situation tho lungs are
mass Of sores and liberated aud death is the inevta
bic result.
schcncks pulmonic syrup &c an expoctorunt which
docs not contain any opium anything calculated
10 check a cough suddenly
Schenck's seaweed Tonic dlsolves the food, mixes
with the gastric juice Of the stomach. digosts easily
noufishes the system and creates healthy crcula-
ion Of the blood When tho bowels are costve, skin
'allow, and the patient s N bilious habit Schonck e
Mandrake Pills are required.
. These medicines are prepared and sold by Dr. J.
u. ACliENCk son, Northeast corner " Sixth and
Arch Streets, Philadelphia Penn and for sale hy
GEO. &, GOODWIN 4 co. ~ Hanover Street, Boston.
and JOIN =. HENRY, College Place, New York.
Wholesale Agents.
For sale hy Druggists generally. str
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L'OR SALE On Main Street, North.
4 Aeld, outage house fourteen rooms Barn at.
tAehed, Running water IN both. One uf the best
l0cat ons in NOrtlAeld. VIII ho sold under lis value
So sold n three months. Please examine for youresL
1889 tphRAlM PIERCE.
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A TT EN- TI0N FARM ERS!
TRULY INYlLUIBLE BOOK.
The FAMILY PHYSICIAN, NURSES GUl De
FARMERS HORSE AND CATTLE DOCTOR
ny mn LEOy4RD TBRRSHER.

In this work Of four hundred pages are embraced
the latest medical discoveries for the relief ana cure
ofal the Ills incident to the human body The second
part is devoted 10 the management OF all KINDS OF
burners stock ieinga a complete Farriers Guide In
itself The work should be in the bands Of every
family In the State
70 sale at the Argus Office and 7. G, Phlnneys
Store, Montpelier, VI -
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Meu Advertisements.

IGOR SALE Desirable Building Lots
a ou one OF the best streets in the village. Also
twenty acres Of land just outside OF village lmIts
Enquire at this office gtt
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NTONTPELIER Gas LIGnT COM.

Nj ONIfELlEh bAS LlGnl COM-
AFA PANY The Stockholders of said Company
notified % meet at the office Of GLEASON 4
FIELD, Montpelier. July lth next at O'Clock ?.
for the choice of Directors, aud the fanactsn u
other proper bus ness
l.. p. GLEASON, Secretary
Montpelier, Juno %, l-71. Dsi
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NV ~ I'D IN VI FUIN EIl = TWO
w hundred and seventy Eve tubs Of good Butter
g. l der, tHr which the hs CHEST cish price. will
&c. pilf g. l.. SMITH.
Montpelier, June pa ls73 sD-s2.
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Chicago, June lst, ls79. sOs2