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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

had bought him of course, but he could
not tell from whom. The owner claimed
his bird, but the merchant did not recog
nize his claim, so the case was taken to
court. and the bird too. The bird man
and five of his friends all swore like par
rots that the bird had Just come up from
the South, and could not therefore. be
claimants bird. The railroad mans wit
nesses. even. could not recognize the bird
in court As their old acquaintance. with
lame left leg and a long tail-feather.
The owner was confident. however, and
told the Judge that if the bird would only
speak he could settle the matter.
Then the bird. as if it knew the case
was going against him, did speak. and the
Judge told the man TO take his bird 1t
was found that his feathers had been
pulled. and cut, and stained, and that
toe-nail on his right foot had been twisted
and pinched off. so As to make it lower
than the other one. But the mocking
bird was believed in court before the Oaths
of half dozen men. This case of evidence
will never be found in any of the law
books.-!S. Louis Republican,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
Jenny Lind and Barnum.

attended Jenny Lind's first rehearsal at
Castle Garden. Never before and never
since has New York witnessed such a
fur0re as the advent of Jenny Lind pro-
duced Mr. Barnum, with mexampled
skill and tact, famed the public excite
ment, which he had largely created, to
fever heat. Upon the occasion of this re-
hearsal the entire Battery was covered
with one dense mass of humanity When
the performance was over Miss Lind took
my arm to return to her carriage, which
she had left standing opposite the Bowling
Green. Immediately after we made our
exit from the Garden, the crowd pressed
upon us so wildly that the police had diff
Guilty In forcing "a passage for us. Some
endeavored to thrust petitions for charity
into her hand, and the only object of others
was to crafty their curiosity by gazing in
to her face. The populace made up their
minds that must be Barnum, and was
repeatedly addressed by that name II
was with no small difficulty. and after 4
great deal of embarrassment to me, that
we finally reached the carriage and drove
away.
After a time Miss Lind became dissatisf
ed with her contract, and was sent for tC
revise it. Mr.. Barnum made the required
concessions. prepared substitute ant
this also duly executed.
Before the first concert came off it wa
announced in the newspapers that Mis-
Lind intended to inaugurate her career il
America by presenting her share of tn,
proceeds to public charities in the City O
New York. | believe that the suggestion
came from Mr.. Barnum. and it was :
master-stroke of policy The day aftel
that concert again saw Miss Lind, ant
received from her about S11 900 for distri
button. ] asked her to what institutions
was to present it, and she told me to selec
them myself. Accordingly, l consulted
with two or three gentlemen, and mad,
out list which submitted to her for he
appreciation. She approved it, withou
hardly reading it, and started upon m,
mission of mercy. Before l had go
through it I almost regretted that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

inches of snow at different times, and this
was soon gone. Last week the mercury
stood at 6S one day at noon. The weather,
most of the fall and winter so far has been
very mild and summer like This morn
ing the mercury stood at Ga above-the
coolest of the seasOn-but still very
pleasant
For Il year or two past IL very large
business has been done in this region in
mining and shipping iron ore to eastern
works. Zine ore has also been shipped to
some extent, from near the southwest
corner of the state to eastern furnaces
Last summer very extensive furnaces
and rolling mills were commenced at
Ozark ten miles west of this place A
branch railroad, six miles long has been
built into the immediate region of large
iron banks already opened. The hard
times so common to the whole country,
have very seriously affected the shipping
of ores and also the completion of the
Ozark wOrks-but hopes are now enter
tanned that with the opening of spring a
very large business will be commenced
and carried on in this region The lead
mines of which there are an abundance in
this state, generally have their works near
where the ore is dug.
Crops We're generally good in this
country the past year, Fruit was rather
scarce, especially peaches-but the next
crop of fruit is not as yet damaged by cold
weather. Our public school is prospering
finely, and the school Of mines is making
rapid progress At the public exhibition
at the close of the last term. of essays,
declamations and music, an advancement
was shown that did great credit to the
professors rs we'll is to the students, and
would compare very favorably with any
sbhool in any part of the country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
Letter from Missouri.

Oar frisnl, Ssllman Ruggles, now of
Rollt, No, but formerly well known in
this county, in renewing his subscription
to the FREEMAN appends the following
letter relative to mltters in his present
home, which will be interesting to many
eastern re ,ders: It is dated at Rolla, Jan
9TH
DEAR SIR: 1t seem, little strange to
re ld Of the early winter at the North the
huge snow drifts, and Ill the pomp of
magnificent sleigh rides and other bust
ness of winter. Here as Yet we have had
but little cold weather and only about four
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
HOPES SONG.

hear it singing, singing sweetiy,
Softly in an under tone,
Singing as if God had taught it,
1t is better farther onl"
Night aud day it sings the song,
Sings 1t while sit alone,
Sings so that the heart may hear it,
at is better farther oni"
Sits upon the grave and sings it,
Sings it when the heart would groan
Sings il when the shadows darken,
1t is better farther oni"
Farther on? How much farther?
Count the milestones one by one.
No, n counting-only trusting,
1t is better farther oni"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

1loLLAND.-A map of the province of
North Holland. made three hundred wears
ago, shows a bare network of fmarshy land
protected from the North sea by range of
sand hills, and incloSing within its mcsheS
vast bodies of navigable water-the mere
outline of a country entirely unprOmisin@
for habitation and afflicted with a most
rigorous climate. This whole province is
now a smiling fertile land, busy with eve
ny form of industry, aud one of the centers
of the worlds prosperous activity. In q
few wears, when work now in hand shall
be completed, there will remain no water
within its wide boundaries, save in the en-
banked canals. where high above the level
sea and afford channels for the vast COM
merce of the country. Arrangements are
already being made for the drainage ofthe
Zuyder Zee, a work which will cost over
$50, 900, 900 and which will take twelve
years for its preparation alone. When the
enormous dyke shall have been built and
new channels shall have been made for the
rivers which flow into it, it will take the
siXty-three enormous steam engines sever
al years (working night and day) to pump
ont its water. which has an area of $50
600 acres and IN average depth of about
ten feet. \ survey has been made of its
whole bottom, and the plan of improve
ment includes the division of the land and
the construction of the canals (for drainage
and for communication which are to serve
the future generations who are to inhabit
| it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

THE Nkw-FANGLED PARTY called the
g Kettle-drlm is thus described by
=. Jennie June" \ lady volunteers the
use of her house. which She is expected to
decorate with evergreens in proftlSion-
holly. mistletoe. cedar, pine and the like.
and also provide tea The rest of the eat
ables the gentlemen contribute. One sends
hamper of ready cooked game, another
fruit, another cakes and biscuits, another
the creams and ices, and so on, until the
collation. is complete. Wine is not favor
ed; instead, : Russian tea is the vogue.
simple Pekoe. choice Bohea or Mandarin
tea, with thin slices of lemon floating in it
instead of milk As much of the house rs
possible is thrown open. halls are festoon
ed with green, tubs and pots containing
plants from the conservatory, or hired from
a neighboring greenhouse, are placed here
and there. and the table is spread picnic
fashion by the company themselves who al
so restore the dishes to the baskets, and
wind up with dance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

FASHION IN NATURE AND ART.-But
what is fashion 1t is simply the COM
mon way of doing things. Things must
be done. We all agree to that The hu-
man animal WAS not sent furred or hairy
into the world. 1t must dress itself. In
this climate it must dress itself good
deal. The bear and the beaver have no OPP
portunitv of setting or following the fash
ions. They go in a fore-ordained groove
The ducks neck and the peacock's tail are
wonderful specimens in attire, but neither
duck nor peacock has any hand in the
matter. To man alone is given the high
art of using taste. judgment, genius, in his
clothes And high art it is. in spite of all
our denunciations. Man and his Maker
are the formers of all the fashions of the
world Man devises his own dress. The
Creator devises the dress of all the beasts
of the field. the birds of the air, the fish of
the sea five are to be taught by exam
pie there need be inherently no limit to
variety and splendor of costume. So far
rs usefulness is concerned, all the birds
might just as well be gray. Does fish
taste any better because his scales shlm-
mer like opal in the sunshine? Man may
wreak himself on invention. but he can
never hope to surpass the splendor of the
beetle and the butterfly. Why is the cut
of Il coat, the tint of a gown, unworthy of
the human mind, when the Creator has SO
clothed the grass of the field which to-day
is and tomorrow Is east into the oven? y
woman trims her hat, but God made the
feather.-GdH Hamilton IN the BdzGr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

Sprgeon, writing of - Prayer" says:
- Let us not employ prayer with a view to
our own work alone, for narrow-minded
supplications cannot be acceptable with
God. Some prayers remind me of the
story of the Virginia planter, who owned
a slave in partnership with one of his
neighborS. and. being a pious man, was
accustomed to wind up his prayers by say
ing: % Lord, in thine infinite mercy and
goodness. bless my half of Pompey.'
When WeSleyans pray for Methodism, and
Baptists for their own congregations. and
Presbyterians for their favorite contra
ternity. | would urge them to get 4 little
further than Bless my half of Pompey.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

BoYs-It is strange that people should
90 to Europe. and seek the society of po-
tentates less imposing, when home can en-
dow them with the occasional privilege of
a nod from an American boy. In these
sequestered haunts | frequently meet some
urchin three feet high who carries with
him an air of consummate worldly expert
ence that completely overpowers me, and
| seem to shrink to the dimensions of Tom
Thumb Before his calm and terrible
glance all disguises fail. You may put on a
bold careless air and affect to overlook him
as Won pass: but it is like assuming to ig
more the existence of the pope of Rome. or
of the London Times. He knows better.
Grown men are never very formidable;
they are shy and shame-faced themselves,
are usually preoccupied. and not very OBJ
serving. If they see man lettering about,
without visible aim. they class him rs a
mild imbecile, AMI let him 90; but boys
are natures detectives. and one does not
so easily evade their scrutinizing eyes
know full well that, while | study their
WAYS, they are noting mine through
clearer lens. and are probably taking my
measure far better than | take theirs.
One instinctively shrinks from making a
sketch or memorandum while they are by:
and if caught in the act. one fondly hopes
to pass for some harmless speculator In
real estate, whose pencilin@s may be only
a matter of habit. like those casual sums
in compound interest which are usually to
be found scrawled on the margin of the
daily papers in Boston reading rooms
HiqginsOn's " Oidp0rt UdES.1
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square of IL lines or less of Agate type,
one sertion o0 for each subsequent nseruonS3 p
cents. Unless the number of insertions are marked
on the advertisement it VIII be conunued unul
ordered out. Liberal discount made 10 merchants
and others advertising by the year.
Probate and Commissioners Notices $2.0o each.
ornotices of Liberations, Estrays, the Formation
and Dissolution of Copartnerships- &c, si35 each
for three insertions. 1T sent by Mail the money muef
accompany the letter.
Notices in news columns, 10 cents per line cash
insertion, but charge made of less than 80 cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis,
but extended Obituary Notices or Poetry VIII be
charged at the rate of five cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

Treasurer Spinner still keeps as relic
the torn and blood stained play bill Laura
Keene attempted to staunch the wound of
President Lincoln with. in his box at Ford's
theatre on the night Of the assassination.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

Yesterday, We went to Hartford, seven
miles, to see our lawyer, SO that neither
we nor the other side should transgress
The sale is to take place, next Thursday
'Tis rather hard, in the depth of winter,
for women to be obliged to attend an auc-
tion sale of their own COWS. | will try to
give you an account of it. They are to be
driven mile to the sign-post. Our law
Yer said there was no need for this severi-
ty, now, as the tax was perfectly safe
ABBY H. SMITH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-22

EDITOR OF TIE FREEMAN In behalf
of the thousands in our country who suf-
fer in like manner in silence, knowing no
redress. viii You give room in your col
umns for the speech of Miss Abby II.
Smith of Glastonbury. and what came
of it, with the comments of the Spring.
.feld Rcpub}ica1t ? NJ.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13
GEORGIA POLITICS.

A correspondent Of the Macon
Telegraph, writing from Atlanta,
says:
DR.. Matthews has been presenting
to the Legislature for the last four
sessions bill to repeal the State aid
clause in all railroad charters here
tofore granted in this State, where
rights are not vested. This is the
greatest bill Of the session, for it cuts
off State aid from twenty-six rail-
roads, and saves to the State an esti
mated loss Of $4,000, 1000!
The cards being played by aspi-
rants for office, especially for Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Ninth
district, are large ones, and i will
take q full hand to beat Ben Hill; but
he will have opposition from several
quarters. hear it intimated that
General G. j. Wellbourn, the Secre>
tary ofthe Senate, has an inclination
to run for the nomination. General
John w. Woford looms up in the
Seventh against General P. M. b.
Young. Among the aspirants for
the Governorship, Colonel L. n
Trammell quietly, but steadily ad-
vances to the front.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13

Marietta, Georgia, March Is, 1874.
CUTTING DOWN COTTON.

The hue and cry raised in the
South against the production of great
crops of cotton, the Courier>Journal
thinks, may result in something, af-
ter all. The Tennessee farmers, at
the meeting of the State Grange in
Gallatin last week, took decisive
step in the direction Of Southern in>
dependence. They not only propose
to cut down the cotton crop and raise
their own provisions and stock. but
go further, and urge the wives of
farmers to practice economy in dress
and household expenses. The fol-
lowing is a copy Of a resolution which
they adopted:
Resolved by the State Grange of
Tennessee, That the Lecturer or
Secretary of this Grange recommend
to tn, Lecturers of the subordinate
Oranges to earnestly and urgently
request the members of their respec-
tive Oranges to lessen the cotton
crop from two thirds (the old plan)
to one-half, and increase the corn
crop to one-half, and all other crops
in proportion, which will enable the
farmer to save his cotton in good
time and in good order, thereby
realizing good and better price for
his cotton; and with this increase of
the corn crop raise his own stock Of
every kind, and do away with the
necessity of buying all of his sup
plies, and have the pleasure and
qualification of seeing fine, fat stock
Of his own raising, without any out
lay to himself; and that the Lecturer
or Secretary be requested to COM
municate with all the Oranges of the
cotton States upon the subject; that
the Lecturer or Secretary be in
structed to urge upon the women
and men Of our Order to adopt and
practice rigid economy in dress
and other matters about thsir homes.
Should the policy Of the Tonnes
see Changers, or one approaching it,
says the Journal, be adopted and
kept up for a sufficient time through
out the South, it will no doubt be
followed by beneficial results that
will be general. Once independent,
the Southern planter will be able to
exercise power in the markets
which he does not and cannot have
while devoting his time and money
to raising cheap cotton. 1t is not
likely that the farmers Of the South
will go to extremes in the matter of
raising their own food and stock,
and nobody will be much hurt if
they undertake to save a little mon
ely by checking the tendency to an
over,production which is keeping
them poor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13
BLAZING WITH DIAMONDS.

Mrs. William B. Astor, of New
York, illustrated the expression al
most literally at a party given by
her one evening last week. On
each of her shoulders she had four
stars, the size Of silver half dollars,
made of diamonds. Her hair was
set thickly with diamonds, and her
head seemed aAame with them
There was diamond bandeau upon
her brow. She had diamond ear
rings and diamond necklace Of
magnificent proportions. Upon the
two sides of her chest we're two cir.
cles Of diamonds about the size Of
the palm of the hand. From them
depended lines and curves Of dia-
monds reaching to her waist, around
which she wore diamond girdle.--
On the skirts of her dress in front
were two large peacocksp wrought Of
lines Of diamonds. There were ro-
settles Of diamonds on her slippers.
There were diamonds, large or small,
but in every variety and form. all
over her dress and person, wherever
they could be artistically placed. =
She presented an extraordinary daz-
cling spectacle. A connoisseur in
precious stones, who was present,
says the diamonds she wors could
not have cost less than a million dol
lars.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13
NroRo EXODUS.

A very noticeable exodus Of col
ored people is in progress from the
Eastern Gulf States across the Mis-
sissippi. The blacks are making for
Texas. The New Orleans PicGystsae
estimates that since 1870, 100, 900
negroes have gone to that State, and
100000 whites. II regards Texas
as the safety valve of the South, and
has no fears that the Negro smigra-
ton there will exceed the white.
In Alabama the departure of the
blacks is consolidating permanent
Democratic power. In Mississippi
and Louisiana, where the blacks
were more numerous than the whites
in 1870, there is steady decline in
their numbers, and the white vote
will soon be the largest.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13

ly to enter plea for better treat
ment than he generally receives. : :
Bad as he is, we think him not al
together to blame for his near ap-
proach to total depravity. Neglect
and i'll treatment have done more to
make him such, than innately evil
disposition. Would the ganin Of
the streets be what he is, we're he
taught and cared fort Would cat
tie and horses behave one iots better,
were they treated as hogs usually
are I The legitimate objects for the
sport of idle boys, hunted with dogs,
pelted with stones, neglected and
obliged to find meal for Themselves
or wander about half>starved, they
become the veriest outcasts Of the
animal creation. Is this right =
Can we wonder that, under such cir
stances, they SHOULD become wild
and unmanageable brutesi Man ia
too willing to attribute the faults
which are essentially Of his own
causing, to any other than their true
source. Thus far, we are disposed
to become their advocate, and urge
upon their owners better treatment.
In moral view, not kindly to treat
animals useful to US is . reproach to
be abhorred /; incompatible with the
claims Of social virtue, and unwor-
thy the instincts of the savage. Put
the creature in his pen or his pas
ture, with a ring in his nose, if you
occasionally admit him to your
yard |; feed him comfortably, land it
costs no more for a good hog than
for one of the miserable caricatures
we often sse)--treat him kindly, and
your pig, if Of q civilized breed, is .
quiet, inoffepsive-indeed, almost
gentlemanly sort of animal, and, as
such, entitled to our .tcleration---re-
gard, we cannot say, for we find no
authentic record Of any virtuous
sympathies in the swine; and when
he gives up his life for your subsis-
tence, you will be amply repaid by
his increased bulk and quality
Therefore, we say:--for your own
profit; for peace and quietness With
your nsighbors for the good and
reputation of your community and
for the animal himself--keep them
up, and advocate the "Hog Law"
JUSTICE.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13
TEE NEW DEPARTMENT. OF AGRI-
CUTTURE.

The Atlanta Constitution gives
synopsis Of the bill establishing a de-
partment Of agriculture which pass
ed the Legislature. It enacss that
the department. shall be under the
direction Of an officer to be called
the Commissioner Of Agriculture to
hold office four years, and who shall
be appointed by the Governor and
confirmed by the Senate. His Office
| shall be at the State capital and his
salary $4,000, with clerk at a sal
AIRY of 81, 900 per annum. The act
appropriates $1,000 to carry out the
purposes for which the department
was organized.
The duties Of the Commissioner
are as follows:
1. To prepare a handbook de-
scribing the geological formation,
soil and products Of every county in
the State. The soils and minerals
are to be analysed, and all informa-
ton upon those subjects is to be dis
tributed in circular or pamphlet
form through the ordinaries and the
agricultural associations Of the vari>
GUS counties.
2. To distribute any seeds fur
nished BY the general government, to
import seeds Of value, and to ex>
change seeds with other States and
with foreign countries.
8. To investigate the habits Of
destructive insects, and to promptly
issue circulars containing any useful
information upon the subject that
may be acquired.
4. To keep an eye out for any
thing that will promote the interests
of our horticulturists and fruit>grow-
ers.
5. To study the diseases of the
various crops Of the State, and he is
authorized to employ a chemist and
a geologist to assist him in the dag
nosis.
6. To analyze every kind Of fer
tilizer sold in the State, of which
fair sample must first be submitted
to the Commissioner, If any brand
be found Of no practical value, its
sale shall be prohibited in the State.
To sell such worthless fertilizers, or
to sell any kind Of fertilizer, without
first submitting q sample to the Cons
missioner, is declared a misdemean-
or.
z. To investigate the utility and
profits of sheep. raising in Georgia.
s. To give the subject Of irriga-
ton careful attention.
8. Likewise the matter of fenc-
ing.