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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
AUTOMATIC RAILWAY TINE SIGNAL

AUTOMATIC RAILWAY TINE SIGNAL--A
trial of Ford's patent automatic railway
time signal, new invention for indicating
the time that has elapsed since train has
passed given point on a railroad, took
place lust outside the new station of the
Boston and Lowell railroad yesterday.
The machine involves the principle of the
hourglass. with the exception that the sand
is allowed to drop out at the bottom rather
than run back by inversion.
1t consists of a small watch house about
twenty feet high, painted black and pro-
vided with shallow glass box. twelve or
fifteen inches high and valve at the bot
tom which opens and closes by the appli-
cation of weight or force to a lever running
down to the ground and out to the track.
Behind this box is light, and over it is a
reservoir of white sand, which escapes
continually at fixed rate into the box un
less it be full. Surprising the glass box to
be full of sand. the light from behind is
obscured, except at the upper corners of
the box, which are left untitled from the
manner in which the sand flows into it
formng'a small pyramid. The drive wheel
of passing engine depresses the lever
connected with the valve, displaces 1t, the
sand drops out and the bright light from
the lamp flashes through the red glass and
gives signal of danger to any train COM
ing on Immediately after When the train
has passed the valve of the box flies back.
the sand from above flows down and grad
ually refills the box; the figures at the
side. illuminated by the light from the in
side until covered by sand, indicate how
many minutes before, five, ten or more,
the preceding train may have passed. In
the day-time the square of white sand in
contrast with the black boarding of the
house is considered a sufficient indicator.
Boston Transcript.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17

A STRANGE VISITOR TO CHISELHURST--
The London Ne.cs, in its account of the re-
cent demonstration at Chiselhurst, des-
cribes curious old woman who occupied
a prominent seat on the dais during the
delivery of the speech of the Prince I'm
perial:
1.-The bonnet she wears was of a fash
ionable shape when the Empress herself
was born; that tartan shawl, brilliant as
it might be in the villages of Normany,
and highly priced as it would be in the
mountains of the Vosges, is singularly out
Of place in the midst of tasteful costumes
and flowing robes of most modern device,
while her mien bespeaks lower grade
even than that of the bourgeoisie; yet
room is made for her, and she is related TO
the post of honor. Baron Corvissart is
very attentive to the ancient dame, and
the Due de Bassano jealously guards her
from harm. Perplexity does not last long.
That curious person in the singular dress
has a history of her own. which Is known
to every Partisan Imperialist, and is read
ily related. She it was who first kissed
the Prince Imperial after he had been bap
tised in the Palace Chapel, on March the
10th, 1856. she being then. as now, the
Doyenne de la Halle, the Oldest saleswoman
in the Partisan Covent Garden, the repre-
sentative of the wives, mothers, and
daughters of the curriers' of the French
capital, Ever since that proud day she
has cherished the memory of her good for
tune, and she comes to Chiselhurst to sa-
lutte the Prince Imperial once more, now
that he is no longer a child but man,
though still in her eyes the Child of
France"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17

MEANS OF CHECKING COUGHING, SNEEZ-
ING, ETC.-There are many facts which
show that morbid phenomena of respira-
ton can be stopped by the influence of
arrest. Coughing, for instance, can be
stopped by pressing on the nerves of the
lip in the neighborhood of the nose. A
pressure there may prevent cough when
it is beginning. Sneezing may be stopped
bv the same mechanism. Pressing also
in the neighborhooJ of the ear, right in
front of the ear, may stop coughing. 1t
is also true of hiccough but much less so
than for sneezing or coughing. Pressing
very hard on the top of the mouth inside
is also means of stopping coughing; and
| may say that the will has immense
power there. There was French sur
geon who used to say, whenever he en-
tered the wards of his hospital The first
patient who coughs here will be deprived
of food today" 1t was exceedingly rare
that patient coughed then.
There are many other affections assO-
ciated with breathing which can be stopped
by the same mechanism that stops the
hearts action. In spasms of the glottis,
which is a terrible thing in children, as
you we'll know, as it sometimes causes
death, and also in whooping-coTgh, it is
possible to afford relief by throwing cold
water on the face, or by tickling the soles
of the feet, which produces laughter, and
at the same time goes to the gray matter
that is producing the spasm and arrests it
almost ut once | would not say that
these means are always successful. l
would not say that we can always prevent
cough by our will; but in many instances
those things are possible, and if you re-
member that in bronchitis and pneumonia,
or any other acute affection of the lungs,
hacking or coughing greatly increases the
trouble at times, You can easily see how
important it is for the patient to try to
avoid coughing as best he can.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
ionaly. and some excellent sorts are very

sionaly. and some excellent sorts are very
cheap.
But these preparations of meat are COM
paratively expensive. That beautiful
white Southern corn, cracked wheat, oat-
meal, beans, and other similar foods are
very cheap. A breakfast Of oatmeal and
white corn, with a little milk, would cost
for your whole family not more than ten
cents, and it would be breakfast on
which you could all work hard. Skipping
the dinner, which has been already dis
cussed, let us consider for moment the
supper. If you keep a cow-as every man
properly located with family of children
should-a bowl of bread and milk, or
some warmed-up bean porridge, and a
cup of tea will satisfy you.
Such food as l have thus limited at is
not only very cheap, and would bring your
table expenses within two hundred dollars,
but upon it you would all gain flesh, have
brighter eyes, finer teeth, sweeter breath,
and be altogether healthier than if you
fed yourselves upon the present fried,
greasy, compounded stufs, with pies,
cakes and puddings. gs.-To-Day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17

A HEN STORY.-The heroine-or. as
Charles Lamb whould have mildly correct
ed us, the sheroine-is hen who made
herself famous in the Mill River Flood
She has put out of joint-to employ the
slang of the nursery-the noses of two per-
sons hitherto famous, Archimedes and the
Hen who insisted on laying her daily egg
on the best bed in Mr.. Beecher's farm
house. Everybody has heard how Archi-
medes sat on brood on his mathematical
conundrums in the very midst of the hurly-
burly of Syracuse seige, and how the hatch
and disclose of his abstraction did prove
some danger to him in the shape of crack
ed crown. We would repeat the story of
Mr.. Beecher's hen, if the the poet preacher
had not already told it in his own inimit-
ably delightful way. We believe it origin
ally came in as an episode in a sermon of
his g On the Perseverance of the Saints -
But our Mill River hen set a larger exam
pie than did this tempestuous creature. and
in a nobler way. We know few details of
her history. Biddy, we suppose. was her
burgh was her dwelling-place, and as the
sequel will show, presence of mind was
her salvation. She laid seventeen eggs in
a barrel, and having done her level best in
that line, she was setting on them when
the mill burst. In spite of her teeth,
the flood bore her along with the awful
wreck-with houses and barns, trees and
fences, and the bodies of men and beasts
but this steadfast creature never stirred
She knew that Massachusetts, expected
every hen to do her duty She was clear
grit. So long as her barrel kept out water
Il, ,,-r,,1I bnaool h. L
No one of her sex ever had such confidence
in hoops. ''Sink or swim," she cried.
" survive OF perish, | don't give up the
ship" What outsiders were doing was
none of her business. She was too busy
keeping the beams out of her own eve to
look after the moats in the eyes of other
people. What thoughts may have passed
through her mind! Perhaps she whistled
as she went. for want of thought VINO
knows? How her mothers heart must
have trembled. What" she cried,''
must lose all my pretty chickens by that
damn" If she could have sung, no doubt
she wonld have clucked to herself some
ancient lay. Until the barrel was stove
she would not deny herself the comfort of
stave. Give me but what that barrel
hoop bound, Take all the rest the sun goes
round Or something else appropriate.
Our hen was carried five miles, and at
length the Fates, snubbed and disappointed
bumped the barrel ashore and left it high
and dry. What did the hen do? Did she
jump out, and crow and cackle over her
ride like man? Did she scratch offa let
ter TO Barnum offering to make a show of
herself? No, she just went on minding her
own business. and in due time matched out
every one of her seventeen eggs. Oh,
fowl most fair! How meekly dids't thou
bear thy yoke. Many hens have done
excellently, but thou eXcellest them all.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
An African Scene Revisited.

While making voyage to the East In
dies few years since. the vessel L COM
manded sprung leak during gale; and
after DAYS of fruitless eXertion to save her,
| and my crew were obliged to take to the
boats, and these soon parted company.
All hands were, however, eventually saved,
it being my fortune to be picked up by a
Swedish bark bound to a port on the coast
of Africa, Just when we were on the point
of perishing from thirst and famine.
The sufferings endured in the boat kept
me in my berth all the time we were at
sea; but on the day we reached port | was
able to Join the captain at his breakfast
table Neither he nor any of his officers
could speak any English; but one of his
crew was a Scotchman, who acted as an
interpreter and from him l learned the
vessels destination. 1t SO happened that
1 had, when mere boy. years before, Wis
tied this place among others on the coast :;
and nv recollections of it were so disa-
greeable that, grateful as l was for the
mercy vouchsafed in our rescue, | could
not help regretting that we were not bound
to some more pleasant place than one of
the most notorious Shaving ports of the
coast. As lay in bed that morning, and
listened to the rattling of the cable through
the hawse-holes as the anchor splashed to
the bottom, pictured the scene around as
l remembered it on my former visit-the
background of hills, denscly covered with
forests in which every deadly creature
lurked; the river-mouth with its fringe Of
mangrove bushes, and the islands at its
bar, choked with a rank vegetation from
which the deadly miasma continually ex-
hailed and the blood-thirsty mosquitoes is.
sued by myriads. Above all, l recalled
the sandy point on which the filthy huts o.
the Negro town stood, together with the
miserable abodes of the few white mer
whom the avaricious thirst for gold had
brought to that wretched place. Reckless
and thoughtless lad as I was at the time o.
my first visit Il had run away from school
and shipped in a British vesseD, remem
bered the loathing with which had look
ed on these men. True, they were supe
rior in intellect to the blacks; but, in al
other respects far more vile and degraded
Sin takes many hideous forms in thi
sin-blighted world; but surely there is NJ
type Of iniquity more hateful than tina
presented by the Portuguese slave-deale
on the African coast. With heart scare
by the long practice Of his cruel trade
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
The Economies of Life.

You tell me that debt and despair are
upon YOU; that when the clothes, rent,
fuel and lights are paid for, You have on
" six hundred dollars left with which to
feed Your family of eight, and that it
can't be done. | think / have heard this
story thousand times, and have written
advice about it hundred times. And rs
the whole subject is very simple. l must
90 over the same ground again.
The largest item in your table expen
ses is meat. Beef is high. In our city
markets good steak is worth from thirty
to thirty-fve cents per pound. Beefsteak
for your family would alone cost. for
breakfast and supper, more than two dol
lars and then if You had a roast of sirloin
for dinner, that would cost nearly rs much
more So if that is the right way to live,
you are managing well to get on with
six hundred dollars per year.
But do YOU know that there are only
about sixty pounds of the sirloin which is
used for roast and steaks i'll an OK weigh
ing eight hundred pounds? There are
other parts of the animal-good solid
meat-which sell for five cents pound.
Portions of the neck, which, when proper
lv cooked, are the most nourishing parts
of the carcass, are sold for four or five
cents pound. One pound of this, cut
into small pieces and boiled two bours in
three quarts of water in II close vessel,
with five cents worth of potatoes, turnips,
parsnips and carrots, with salt and pepper,
and some savory herb, would make splen-
did dinner for all of you. Lay bits OF
toasted bread upon the platter, and then
pour on YOUR stew That's dinner fit for a
king.
Everybody likes variety. Well pur-
chase next day a knuckle of veal, which
will cost you, all told, ten cents, and which
your wife will treat in the same way as
the beef, except that she will leave out the
carrots and parsnips and put in bits Of
toasted bread OF dumplings.
The next day try a bit of the fore-shoul
der of sheep, which is very cheap
When mutton chops were selling for TWEEN
ty cents pound. have seen mutton fore
shoulder. of fair quality, selling for two
cents. 1t is part which is always very
cheap. Cut up into two bits, and cooked
as above, grand dinner for eight mem
bers of your family can be got up for !
Quarter of dollar.
Any of these stews may be made into
baked meat pie, by way of variety.
have given these by way OF illustration
You need not have the same dinner twic
a month. Fish may be employed occs
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
ROS. HOPKINS, Secretary.

TIE New SECRETARY-B. II. BristOw
is the son of F. NJ Brstow. prominent
LAWYER and politician of this state. who
filled many positions of trust, and is 4
wears old He was born in Elkton. Todd
county. He practiced law with much sue
cess at HOpkinsville before the war. He
was strong Union man, entered the
Union army in 1861, was ut Donaldson and
Shiloh as major of the 25th Kentucky reg
iment. and was wounded at Shiloh. He
was afterward colonel of the Sth Kentucky
cavalry, was appointed United States dis
triet-attOrney at about the close of the war
and filled the position with distinction, be
inc frequently sent by the treasury depart
ment to other districts to look after the in
tereSts of the government. He resigned
the district-attOrneyship and resumed pri-
yate practice, and when the office of solic-
r-general was created he was appointed
~ the first incumbent. He organized the
Office and during the absence of the attor-
nev-generdl performed his duties and filled
his place in the cabinet meetings. The
ability he displayed in this office gave him
a high reputation at Washington. After
two years service he resigned to attend to
his private affairs. In December last he
was nominated attorney general ut the
same time that Mr.. Williams was nomina-
ted chiefjustice. He is a man of the purest
private character, with a strong Will and
mind. and is great lawyer. He is con-
servative in his financial views, and
thoroughly western in his feelings and in
terests. The confirmation is received here
with great satisfaction and thorough con-
tilence that he will fill the place honorably
and cceptablv-L0uiSrUle (kyO diSpdtcl
to Boston AdrertjSer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
TIE GREAT AMERICAN FLAG CARRIER.

TIE GREAT AMERICAN FLAG CARRIER
Sergeant Bates appears to be indorsed in
his new flag carrying project by a number
of prominent and wealthy people across
the Atlantic, including among them sever
al members of the London Peace Society
from all of whom he has received letters
of encouragement. His plan is to meet at
Amsterdam. Holland, about the last of the
month, number of ex-soldiers Represent
ing England. France, Spain, Russia. Prus-
sta. Austria, DrIIIISrTh h, tfUffstuu, bvigfrTrII.
Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. Each
will carry the flag of his own country, and
the company will march on horst back
through the countries named, and crossing
the Atlantic. will visit several prominent
points in this country. Each flag will
have precedence in its own country, and
by the side of the flag which heads the
column will be carried a white silken ban
ner hearing the words, Peace on Fart h
and Good VIII toward men, The exhi-
bition will terminate at St. Louis, Missouri.
Bates announces this as positively his last
appearance, which will prove the most
sensible portion of the whole programme
if the announcement is adhered to.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
How To co TO SLFEP.-The following

How TO GO TO SLEEP.-The following
is given in Blinn's anatomy of sleep or
the art of procuring sound and refreshing
slumber at will. published in London in
1912. The principal feature of Blinn's
system is for the patient TO fix his atten-
ton on his own breathing.
He must depict to himself that he sees
the breathing passing from his nostrils in
a continuous stream, and the very instant
that he brings his mind to conceive this
apart from all other ideas, consciousness
and memory depart; imagination slum-
bers; fancy becomes dormant; thought
subdued; the sentient faculties lose theil
susceptibility; the vital or ganglionic sys
tenn assumes sovereignty, and he nolongel
wakes, but sleeps"
A newspaper writer says he has prae
ticed the above for years whenever nature
needed any assistance, and can fully en-
dorse the prescription. 1t will put an.
one to sleep who has not an evil conscience
a jumping tooth, or bank note pas
due-HousehOld
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17
CARAVAN OF THE DEAD.-It WAS toward

CARAVAN OF THE DEAD.-It WAS toward
midnight when we heard from the distance
monotonOus ring of bells, and, rs | soon
learned, this was from large caravan
which had set out an hour before us. We
redoubed our steps in order to overtake
it. but hardly had we advanced a hundred
PAGES when an insupportable smell began
to oppress US. The Persians knew at once
the cause of it. We move faster. but the
stencil grew stronger and stronger, and,
when influenced by curiosity. l inquired
about it, got for answer that this was a
caravan of the dead. \ caravan of the
dead. thought; that is singular, and l
hurried to my neighbor to get an explana-
ton. He called out to me, go on, go
on and after a powerful squirting of his
little ass already hard enough pressed, he
came up to me rs | was joining the afore-
said caravan, which consisted of about
forty horses and mules, laden with cOtfins,
and accompanied by three mounted Arabs.
Everybody strove hard to reach it in order
to get past it as soon as possible | shall
never forget the sight that met my eyes
when came up with one of the riders.
His nose and mouth were covered, his
yellow face showed yet more ghastly by
the moonlight. In spite of the unendura-
BILE stencil. | could not help asking him
some questions The Arab told me that
he had already conveyed these bodies ten
DAYS, and had to conduct them twenty days
more before he could reach kerbela, the
spot where these pious persons, who had
died for the owe of Imam HusSein, were
permitted to be buried. This custom is
general in all Persia and whenever means
permit. they order themselves to be trans
ported from the distant khorassan to ker-
bella, to be placed in the same earth in
which the beloved Imam Hussein rests.
When we had left the cnravan of the dead
far behind us l turned to take glance al
this weird procession. The beasts laden
with the long cofiins buried their heads
deep in their nccks; the riders occupied
themselves with urging the horses on witt
hollow crys Such sight, in whatever
neighborhood. would be gloomy enough
but in the center of the desert it was some
thing indescribably mournful. The Per-
slams have thought fit to maintain this Gus
tom for six hundred years. For whoever
comes to Kerbela has the sweet hope O
finding himself on the day of Resurrection
in the immediate neigborhood of the holy
martyr. and from hence, under his con
duct, of passing to the ever green plains O
Paradise.-GoOd Words.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-06-17

ELEvATING EFFECTS OF BEAUTY.-All
our moral feelings are so interviewer with
our intellectual powers that we cannot
affect the one without in some degree adj
dressing the other; and in all high ideas OF
beauty it is more than probable that much
of the pleasure depends on delicate and un-
traceable perceptions of fitness. propriety
and relation, which are purely intellectual,
and through which we arrive at our
noblest ideas of what is commonly and
rightly called intellectual beauty. Ideas
of beauty are among the noblest which
can be presented to the human mind, in
variably exalting and purifying it accord
ing to their degree. And it would appear
that we are intended by the Diety to be
constantly under their influence, because
there is not one single object in nature
which is not capable of conveying them
and which to the rightly perceiving mind
does not present an incidentally greater
number of beautiful than of deformed
parts-RuSkin.