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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
The Views of Anna Maria.
PREDICTIONS OF A PROPHECIES.

PREDICTIONS OF 4 PROPHECIES.
The German student in " Aurora Leigh "
complains bitterly that d" future genera
tions lie on Us rs heavy as the nightmare
of Il seer" and that . our meat and drink
grow painful prophecy" Most men, says
the London Ners, are able to bear with
tolerable equanimity the prospective
troubles of future generations. But it is
very different when they are personally
concerned, and such seems to be the case
in the matter of some utterances of the
prophetic soul of Sister Anna Maria Taiga,
venerable nun, who died many years
ago, bequeathing to the world the legacy of
scroll of discomfOrting vaccinations.
The one which most nearly affects us de-
clares that the period Immediately ante
dent to the Popes death will be marked
by the 4" sudden manifestiOn of Gods
wrath in the heavens, preceded by
plaques, epidemics. and wars, and a gen
eral disturbance of society" These will
be the prelnde toa more startling phenOm-
non still For the space of three
days and three nights after" Sister Anna
Maria says, " Cimmerian darkness Will
rest over the earth, hiding every object in
the world from view the people who look
out of the windows for the purpose of de
scribing what is going on in the tirma-
ment will be struck down dead, IL provi-
sion which appears specially aimed at
newspaper reporters. What gives the
prophecy an Importance which this class OF
literature cannot often claim. is the fact
that some portions of the chapter in which
it is written have actually been verified.
What first called attention to the utter
ances of the venerable nun, was the state
ment that before his death Plus NJ. should
be - encircled in the Vatican by iron as Il
prisoner for fultillment of which the
faithful point to the alleged imprisonment
of his Holiness in his palace. Another fore
cast which has beenjustified by events was
that the Pope should live to the end of his
twenty-seventh year of office. War we
have in Ashantee and Spain; plaques are
chronic; epidemics are not unknown; and
Mr.. Disraei has recently borne testimony
to the general disturbance of society ow
ing to the administration of Mr.. Gladstone
and his colleagues. There remain now
only, as last warning to those whose
duty it is to provide for the succession tc
the Papal chair the 80 three days and nights
of Cimmerian darkness >; and possibly
they may have already passed by uniden
titled in the fog that took possession o
London in the early part of the cattle
show week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

AN Eccentric MOoN-Thomas Brown
was employed at the Bank otrnat theatre
in this city few years ago rs kind OF
utility man, and one night the manager
put him behind the scene at the rear of the
stare to take care of the moon Brown
had a candle on u pole, and it was his du-
tx to hold the light behind the moon, which
was merely round, unpainted space in
the curtain, and to pull the curtain slowly
up to represent the rising of the moon.
Brown seated himself on piece of baron
ial castle, and while waiting for the order
to 90 to work, he fell asleep. Presently
the tragedian on the stage said to the
heroine, swear by yon bright moon,
ETC. and turned to point to it, but the orb
of night was not there. The stage man
ager flew around, gave Brown kick, and
/ in a frenzy ordered him to g hist that moon
auickr' Brown was bewildered and with
out waiting for further orders he ran the
curtain up with one jerk. when the cord
broke and down it came again.
Another string was hurriedly rugged on
the pulley and the moon began to rise prop
erly. but Browns nerves were so unStrung
bv fright that he couldn't hold the candle
steadily behind it. so that there were fif-
teen or twenty eclipses during the ascent,
the light meanwhile wandering all over
the curtain to the infinite amusement of
the audience. However, the luminary
got safely up at last, and the tragedian
again observed, "swear by yon bright
moon," but before the words were fairly
out, the cord again snapped. the curtain
unrolled with velocity and broke loose
from the roller, revealing Brown. the lu-
mar elevator, roaming around in his shirt
sleeves with a candle on stick. A mo-
ment later the manager was fumbling
among his hair. and that very night Mr..
Brown closed his theatrical career. The
manager remarked to a confidential friend
, that man who was capable of making
. the same moon rise three times in one
night and of getting any number of eclips-
, es and other astronomical phenomena
!, might be valued for some purpose, but he
was about as fit for theatre as wall
! eyed mule was for singing hymns.-Aaa
Adeler.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
THE ORIGIN OF" SIMON PURE. Sim

THE ORIGIN OF " SIMON PURE. Simon
Pure is a character in Mrs. Centlivre's
comedy, "A Bold Stroke for Wife" The
plot of this comedy consists of the tricks
and devices by which Col. Fainwell wins
Miss Ann Dovely, a beauty and an heiress.
She has been left by her father under
guardianship of four persons, an old beau,
a virtuoso, a stock.jobber, and rigid
Quaker, with the provision that If she mar
ries without the consent OF her guardians
she shall lose her fortune. Col. Fainwell,
who has gained her favor, gets the con-
sent of all the guardians by disguises and
devices, which are very amusing and very
improbable Simon Pure is Quaker
preacher from Pennsylvania. who is COM
mended to the Quaker guardian by Amini-
dab Holdfast by means of letter sent by
post in advance of his coming. Colonel
Fainwell gets possession of his letter and
reads it, dresses himself up as Quaker
and presents himself in the character OF
Simon Pure. He acts his part so well
that he gets into the confidence of the
guardian, and at the same time reveals
himself to the lady. Everything is going
on very well when the real Simon Pure
appears and is treated as an imposter, who
has assumed the Quaker garb with no good
designs. The question is, which is the
real Simon Pure? When it is finally found
out Colonel Fainwell, in the assumed char
acter, has obtained the guardians consent
and the pay ends with the marriage o.
the lovers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
Running " Am0k."

\ correspondent of the London Dauy
Neus writes from Batavia:
From Sourabaiia we have just received
intelligence of one of the most terrible
instances of an Amok murder which has
ever occurred in the Indian Archipelago.
The murderer was an escaped convict, and
the scene of the wholesale slaughter com
mitted bv this one man is Ternl, n small
island not far from Sourabaiia. The fellow
went on the afternoon of January 18th to
the bazaar in the chief town of the island,
where he bought some tobacco. He there
drew his knife and attacked every one
man. woman and child-within his reach,
wounding and killing nineteen persons in
less time than it takes to mention it lie
then made his escape into the thick jungle
which begins at the back of the town and
runs up to the densely wooded hills. OF
these nineteen wounded persons fifteen are
dead. some killed outright, others llnger-
inc on for a day or two. For ten days this
rnffian remained at large, to the great fear
of the town and neighborhOod, few daring
to venture out after dusk, and one and all
stunning the 'passar or bazaar. During
these ten DAYS regular, volunteer and ma
tive troops were all called out, securing
! the woods and iunglcs. He was finally
captured. after wOunding three of his pur-
sucrs, who were armed natives sent out
/ bv the Sultan of Terna. So irate We're his
captors that, after chopping off his head,
they literally cut his body into mincemeat.
THE Malays are a strange mixture OF
child and tiger-harmless in general way
and given to childlike pleasures, but, theil
passions once aroused, they become very
fiends in their thirst for blood. Jealousy
is the most frequent cause by far of then
.Amoks.' a gang of one hundred to two
hundred convicts may often be met will
on the public roads here, unattended by
anv but few unarmed native guards OF
iaiiers: the convicts themselves frequently
CARRYING axes, heavy wood-knives, etc
Though twenty to thirty per cent. of thest
are probably murderers--a percentage
nearly doubled in Sumatra-yet as the,
march along they laugh and talk like
parcel of schoolboys; and should one o
them be the happy possessor OF Il rragge'
handkerchief tied flag fashion to the en-.
of a pole, he is admired and envied by al
of them. 1t is rarely that drink OF opium
both forbidden indulgences by their re
ligion--helps to aid their murderou
frenzy"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

Edinburgh in course of time and went
ashore, weary, forlorn and hungry, having
hardly tasted food since the night of their
departure from the prison. They then pro-
ceeded to London, and for the two years
following Schurz was engaged, in London
and in Paris, rs a teacher, and as Il cor
respondent of the German press.
During this period an interesting cir
cumstance occurred which ought, in this
connection, to be related When it be-
came known that Kinkels deliverance
from prison had been effected through the
bravery and address of his faithful friend,
young Schurz became hero throughout
Western Europe, his tame even reaching
England. Men marvelled at his proves,
and maidens painted him in their fancies
as a fair knight-errant, brave and hand
some as ever was celebrated in ancient
tournament. They pictured him as another
Occur de Leon, OF called to mind the story
of Damon and Pythias. At this time, 1851,
there was a maiden of sixteen in the city
of Hamburg whose parents were prepar-
ing to set out with their daughter to at
tend the Great Worlds Exhibition in Lon
don, and the maidens first thought when
she learned that she was going to London
was that she might there see the young
hero, Carl SchurZ. Her wish was realized,
and the sequel to this story is that that
maid of Hamburg is the Senator's wife.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

SATISFIED WITH THE TERMs.-A GER
tain good natured old Vermont farmer
preserved his constant good nature, let
what would turn up. One day while the
prevailed in that State, one
of his men came in bringing the news that
one of his red oxen was dead. Is hep
said the old man; "well he always was a
breechv cuss. Take his hide off and carry
it down to Fletcher's; it will bring the
cash. An hour or SO afterward the man
came back with the news that line-back"
and his mate were both dead. " Are they?"
said the old man; well, took them of
B. to save a bad debt that never ex-
pected to get. Take the hides down to
Fletcher's; they will bring the cash." After
the Lapse of another hour the man came
back to tell him that the nigh brindle was
dead. "Is he?' said the old man; well
he was a very old OK. Take off his hide
and send it down to Fletcher's; it is worth
cash, and will bring more than two Of the
Others" Hereupon his wife, who was
piuus soul, taking upon herself the Office
of Eliphaz, reminded her husband very Sc
verely of his sins, and asked him if he was
not aware that his loss was the judgment
of Heaven for his wickedness. Z" Is it?''
said the old fellow; "well, if they will
take the Judgment in cattle it is the east
est way / can pay it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

the accumulated wisdom of ages-is di-
rectly opposed to this If the state cannot
give the boys trade. then, in Gods name,
let them 60. The state has no power to
take away a mans natural rights. If my
boy breaks the laws of society, then society
may punish him in a lawful way. If he
commits MURDER society may take his life.
But no crime would Justify society in
taking my boy and crushing out the best
days of his existence, then turn him into
means of gaining a livelihood. The COM
mon law would give me right to take
him away by force. And if my boy was
like making it pretty warm around that
institution if they did not give him up.
Where is the poet Hood, who sang s. The
Song of the Shirt" to put the case of the
boys into poetry? If l was only IA poet,
and sing The Song of the" No, no
" chair bottom is not poetic, and cannot
find a proper synonym. But never mind.
should want the first stanza to begin
Knit, knit, knit,
From eight to twenty-one
But am not enough of a poet to finish
that stanza. Let me commence another:
Braid, braid, braid.
Till youths bright days have gone.
But give itup. feel prosy. [ am prosy
and there is not muchIpoetry in my subject
therefore leave it with the people OF the
state Let them take this prosy subject anC
make it Il poem. Till the Reform School
shall have not only poetry in its flowers, bu
poetry in its fences, poetry in its old COWS
/ poetryin its workshop, and its history be
come poem, sung by the hundreds re
deemed to useful lives on earth, and angel
/ take 'upthe refrain in heaven.
/ GEORGE w. KENNEDY.
Waterbury, May y, 1874.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
THE OLD CANOE.

Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep,
Where the rugged pine in its lonely pride,
Leans goomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and ru shes are long anil rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through
There lies at is moorings an old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped
Like sea-birTs wing that the storm has Topped,
And crossed on the railing one DER one,
Like the folde hands when the work is done;
While busy back and forth between
The spider stretches his svery screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull " too-hoo,"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk in the Shiny wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green creeps o'cr its dull decay,
Hiding its mouldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants DER the tomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many blossom of loyeliest hue
Springs up DER the of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still
But the light winds play with the boat at will.
And lazily in and out again
1t floats the length of the rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet ana part at tpe noontiue cnln1e,
| And the shore is kissed at each turn anew,
1 BY the dripping bow of the old canoe.
| oh, many time, with careless hand,
| | have pushed it away from the pebbiy strand,
| And padded it down where the stream runs quick
! Where the whrls are wild and the eddies are thick
! And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
| To see that the faces aud boats were two
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now as lean DER the crumbling side
And look below in the sluggish tide,
Phe face that see is the grayer grown
And the laugh that hear has soberer tone.
And the hands that lent To the light skif wings
| Have grown familiar with sterner things.
But love to think of the hours that sped
As | rocked where the waves their white spra
| shed,
Ere the blossom waved or the green grass grew,
Ger the mouldering stern of the old canoe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

The gallant coursers of that little isle of
the sea, Nantucket, are not remarkable for
bottom or speed. One found his way into
the Massachusetts, Cavalry during the re-
bellion, being recommended as an excel
lent war horse When the soldier returned
he went into towering passion because
he had been swindled. "As how?" asked
the Islander why you warranted him 4
good war horse, and there is not bit Of
90 in him." "Yes, l did; and repeat he
IS good war horse, for he'd sooner die
than rum
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

A HUGE SKELETON-The most remark
able object in the Warren Museum is the
largest skeleton Of the Mastodon giga,ateus
ever discovered on the continent. BY its
side. in way of contrast, is the frame of
the elephant Pizarro, the largest ever
brought to this country, The skeleton OF
the Mastodon gtgdnteus Will not tall to
cause the visitor to start back IN awe and
he will be hardly able to suppress that ad-
iective of fools, g Impossible - 1t is
twelve feet high, and thirty-four in length,
from the tips of the tusks to the extremity
of its tail. Its trunk is seventeen feet In
length. The animal must have weighed
10000 pounds!--From Popular Science
Monthly for May.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
In recent address before the California

In a recent address before the California
Academy of Sciences. Professor George
Davidson made the following remarks:
With a atelescope of the lal gest size and
most consummate workmanship that
American skill can devise, properly located
ten thousand feet above the sea, in the
clear skies of the Sierra Nevada. with
every variety of apparatus commensurate
Herewith; with masters of observation
and ingenuity in research; with ample
funds reserved to devise other instruments
and methods which those instruments and
the higher genus must suggest, we hope.
ut no distant day to see solved the mighty
problems of creation that are Yet beyond
our grasp. Such an outfit and such pro-
vision have been the lifelong objects of
James Lick and after much earnest solici-
tation | have overcome his shrinking from
what he considers vainglory, and obtained
his permission to announce to the Acade-
nv his intentions, which | have family
sketched in the preceding sentence.
There will be no let or hindrance in carry
ing out his views; the amplest means are
provided; the rarest skill has been in
voked, and the plans are taking definite
and practical shape"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

Dean Ramsay, in his "reminiscences OF
Scottish Life and Character" tells the fol-
lowing: 1.-The answer of the old woman
under examination by the minister to the
question from the Shorter Catechism.
What are the DEGREES of God9' could not
have been surpassed by the General As
sembly of the Kirk, or even the Synod of
bort: Indeed, sir, he kens that best HIM
sel'n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03

John Phpnix's story about the mule ar
tillery is old, but it has not lost its fun.
This is the way it runs: Out in certain
western fort, some time ago. the major
conceived the idea that artillery might be
used effectively in fighting with the In
dians, by dispensing with gun-carriages
and fastening the cannon upon the back of
mules So he explained his views to the
commandant. and it was determined to try
the experiment. A howitzer was selected
and strapped upon an ambulance mule
with the muzzle pointed toward the tail.
When they had secured the gun and load
ed it with ball cartridge, they led that calm
and steadfist mule out on the bluff and set
ND a target in the middle of the river to
practice at The rear of the mule was
turned toward the target, and he was
backed gently up to the edge of the bluff.
The officers stood around in a semi-circle,
while the major went up and inserted a
time fuse in the touchhole of the howitzer-
When the fuse was ready, the major lit 1t
ard retired. In 4 minute or two the hith
erto unruffied mule heard the fixing back
there in his neck, and it made him uneasy.
He reached his head around to ascertain
" hat was going on, and, as he did so, his
BODY turned and the howitZer began to
sweep around the horizon. The mule at
last became excited, and his curiosity grew
more and more intense, and in a second or
two he was standing with his four legs in
a bunch making six revolutions minute,
and the howitzer, understand, threatening
sudden death to every man within half
mile. The commandant was observed to
climb suddenly up a tree: the heutenants
were seen sliding over the bluff into the
river, as if they didn't care at all about the
high price of uniforms; the adjutant made
good time towards the fort; the sergeant
began to throw up breastworks with his
bavonet, and the major rolled over the
ground and groaned. In two or three
minutes there was puff of smoke, dull
thud, and the mule-oh, where was he?
4 solitary jackass might have been seen
turning successive back-somersaults over
the bluff, only to rest at, anchor, finally.
with its howitzer at the bottom of the
river. while the ball went off toward the
fort. hit the chimney in the majors quar-
ters. ratified the adobe bricks down into
the parlor, and frightened the m ,ior's wife
into convulsions. They do not allude to if
now, and no report of the results of the
experiment was ever sent to the War De-
partment.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-03
DOES 1T PAY?


If the state could save money, perhaps
some might think that they would be justi
ned i'll crushing out the best part of the
lives of cne hundred bright boys. See
lere. The six boys working in the mill
provided by the superintendent earn to the
state one sixth as as much as the one hun
dred boys in the knitting shop. The six
boys in the mill earn as much as sixteen
boys that braid rattan into chair bottoms.
One boy in the mill where he learns a
trade, pays the state almost as much as
three boys working rattan. So the state
loses money by breaking this law. Here,
then, are the simple facts. / do not say
that it could be any better But / do in
Slst that there is no lac that gives the gov
ernment power to take away persons
liberty during his minority, and give him
no useful occupation. The common law
, 1874-10-21
DENMARK AND GERMANY.
From tile TGmes)

So many great events have occurred in
Europe since the combined armies of Prussia
and Austria wrested the SO. called German
Provinces from the Danes that the English
public will not readily recall the details of that
strange passage in modern history. Ten years
are a long time in the life of generation bus
led with great material interests, wearied with
political controversies, and amazed by more
than one military catastrophe. What is the
fate Of little Denmark compared with the over
throw Of the slaveholding Confederation of
America, the transformation of Germany by
the thunderstroke of Sadowa, or the fall of
the French Empire At the present hour
the world seems conVulsed by new pangs, and
men presage some portentous birth. There
are forces in existence which seem to threaten
religious war and social war, aud, even should
these subslde, We have always two of the most
powerful and gifted nations Of Europe divi-
ded by q mortal hatred. In presence Of these
great concerns, a feeble nation and its griev-
'ances can hardly expect to engage the worlds
attention. Not only the statesman, who
knows that he may be called to account for
every word be utters, but even the amateut