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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

CAPTURE OF A SEA MONSTER NEAR At
iANTIC CITY.-Q lite an excitement Was
produced ut Atlantic City. \. j.. last Sal
III. Iay, by the arrival ut the Ian ling in the
inlet of Il fishing sloop. hlving on bnrl n
veritable sea monster, which the oldest
ishrrmen and watermen are ut Il loss to
lefine 1t is of the turtle species. with
le-td similar to :, COW, with white spots un
he top. The body is black in color, and
rom the nose to the tip of tn, t Ill six feet
ong. 1t his for fl likes or fiipp rs, an Is
i've feet wen inches in br.:;t lth The
iiameter of the body is Two feet and a half
It is estimated Elt its weight Is abo 1t
seven hun ired pounds. Tie monster had
been seen in the eighb Drhood for two or
three weeks past AMI numerous fishermen
htd at different times pursued 1t with d;tr-s
mi spears. end Driny to capt Ire 1t. On
Friday, about half p ist live O'Clock, Ctpt.
Dan Champion AMI crew cast Il large seine
,tf Brigantine Shoals, about five miles out
at sea, AMI We're successful in getting the
lnimal entwln,,d i'll the meshes of the net.
A rope and tackle We're slipped under its
BODY and it WAS raised into the sloop and
deposited in the hold, where it WIS kept
until S ,turday afternoon. when the rope
and tackle We're again called into REG lSI-
ton and the monster transferred 10 large
oatteau, and finally placed in Il tub. which
hal to be buit for the purpose, near the
New Inlet House. There IL WAS visited
Turing the day by hundreds of persons
who expressed the greatest surprise at see
inc what may truly be termed u wonder,
and which will no doubt eng lge the atten-
ton of biologists AMI showmen.-PhtLo
Eelphia Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
Matt, Carpenter's Lady Friend.

One day during tn. special session of
SI1-a sweliering dry in june - Carp-n-
.er'male Il Sp ,ech on the Aabams treaty,
ind had CON no lie to his o'psc Ire lpIy yingS
.,rner of f an 18Th. tirel, M I'd. an oft
f breath Fahrenheit markell 100 in the
ha lie. The air WAS still ana shimmerel
prer the brick plvements as an oven. l.
vas not day fr COOL nature M,tt.
:limbad up lhe rickrty s:airway that le.pis
- his rooms, strip. of coat. vest. collar
md boots. AMI laid ,wn on II lounge to
moke a cigar ana incidentally TO 90 to
sleep
= Cling. clang. cling went his little
bell
"Damme." says Matt. spitefully. cant
hey give fellow IN .nute's peace? Come
n come in"
The woman was q fine decent old Irish
woman brtween fif = and sixty, or there
rbouts. She looked tired AMI worn. She
rad walked into town from somewhere up
in NJ .ryand about twenty miles.
And is this Sinator Carpenter, Lord
bless him?" she inquired.
Yes, mud I'M; can do anything for
you?' responded the Z" Sinator," not in the
olandest ton, 8.
Maybe We moight said the womrn.
l.
man. NJ. hush lni g,t sick in the war,
md he niver has been able to do much
since, and have had harL time of il to
get along wild all the doctors bills TO
pay"
"WeI. well. what has all this story got
70 do with me? Here is Il dollar"
"Ah, Sinator Ochone, it isn't begging
. yer money-it's only a chance to work
iE.s H1aapt yvpn,O / want AMI they toll
me Sinator Carpenter WAS good hearted
man and if / wint and towld him my story
ne would help me to get place in the
treasury department"
Treasury Department. broke in the
lstonished senator, Z" what the can
you do in the treasury department? And
he began to imagine either that the woman
| was crazy or that some heartless practical
Joker had sent her to him.
"What can do in the treasury depart
ment, is it? What can [ do? Why, scrub
.he floors; what else?''
Scrub said Matt; well, here Is
richness. An old Irish woman seeking
senatorial influence to ct u job of scrub
bing. Just You wait till l pull on my
boots and put on my hut, my good woman,
and I'll see what can be done for you
And in about five minutes the Wisconsin
orator, in his shirt sleeves. was on his way
10 the temple of the exchequer with his
potege. The senatorial influence was po-
tent. and if you call at the treasury depart
ment and inquire for the woman who holds
her position at the request of NJ ut. C-Tpen-
ter. they will show you fine. dacent ould
Irish woman, with gray hair and wrinkled
face, who mops the floors and scrubs the
s'airways, and she is Matt. : g lady friend"
| there.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

WHY SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE EV
Err OUT OF TUNE-Socrates once desired
to see the dsly ''when nature would be eX
blamed bv reason alone.n This is the end
and aim of all philosophy, to render all we
see, and know, and think, and do, ration
al; to obtain rational conceptions for all
thinos. But remember what explanation
is. No explanation removes all difficult
ties or solves all mysteries. Properly con-
sidered, none pretends to such thing.
Explanations only connect the unknown
with the better known; the less familiar
with the more familiar; new, unarranged
phenomena, OF ideas, with old classified
facts. All classification, all science, consists
of this correlation of ideas. Now, if the
scientist confines himself to the correlation
of physical facts, he cannot encroach upon
the domain of religion, which is devoted
to supernatural beliefs and hopes; yet Il
skeptical religionist is always craving for
SOME physical facts to strengthen his falth,
and the superstitious sciel tist is always
afraid of meeting with miracles. How ut
terly both are mistaken! No amount OF
wonders would impart faith to soul al
ready filled with doubt; nor would the
scientist have the least alarm on the sub
iect of miracles and cataclysms, if he I'M
derstood truly the finite and the infinite,
and Creator and the creation, the reign Of
eternal and universal law! In going round
the circle of mere cosmical relations, time
and space, man finds himself bounded by
great impossible and incomprehensible,
1nconditioned- -eternity-ubiquity. And
in vain the half learned, and all not fond
of exertion because they cannot easily
comprehend the relations Of the finite and
infinite, rush to the conclusion that they
are in conflict and irreconcilable; SO thai
| in the popular mind, the human and the
divine, reason and imagination, our doubts
and hopes, and fears, have become much
entangled, and like :. sweet bells tangled
out of tune and harsh. Popular Science
Monthly.
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he hands can be extenled. and thew don,t

he hands can be extended. and they don't
understand it. They ask me if there are
such drinks as brandy smashes. claret
lunches. gin slings and the like, and when
tell them | am not quite sure. but think
have hearl tho-e things mentioned by
vorllly people in the stats, they say,
- All. how wonderful,' They imagine
hat the universal channel for EXPIRE ession
# ideas is slang. and repeat mrch that
hey hrve heard which possesses as much
novelty to ME as it does to them. They
i,n lie our slang about rs artisticilly rs
hey do Our geography. and in this latter
rarticnlar they never seem tn realize that
ana la is not somewhere conceale within
he Unite-l States. Thy call Michigan
VI tchygm, and Connecticut Connec-ty-cut.
; 1T the n1m, of Chictgo is their chief
mll. Even the terribl. fire was m re
nercifnl tn IN are tn v. They conplacent-
Y denominate it Clhi-ka-gli. Cthi-ra,g-o.
tlirk-a-go. Oh e-clg-o but the favorite
-endcring is Sle-cagov
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

How TO SECURE PERFECTIoN.-A friend
called on Michael Angelo. who was finish
ing Il statue. Some time afterward he
called again; the sculptor was still at his
work. HIS friend, looking at his figure,
exclaimed You have been idle since l
saw you last"
BY no means" replied the sculptor.
Il have retou ched this part, and polished
that; 1 have softened this feature, and
brought out this muscle: have given more
expression to this lip, and more energy to
this limb"
"Well, WE'LL" said his friend; q but ali
these are trifes."
"It may be so,'' replied Angelo; rec
ollect that trifles make perfection. and that
perfection is no tritie." So, also, Is 1t with
character.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

EFFECT OF COLD WATER on THE EYES
The American Journal of Health says:
Many persons are daily running their
ewes bY washing them in cold water in the
morning. Cold water will harden and
roushen the hands, and much more will! 1t
do to the manifold more delicate covering
of the eye; or the eye will in self. defense
become scaly in the manner OF fish, that
is. the coats of the eye will thicken, con-
stituting species Of cataract, which must
imp air the sight. That water, cold and
harsh as it is, should be applied to the eye
Tor curative purposes. in place of that soft,
warm, lubricating fluid which nature
manufactures for just such purposes. indi-
Gates great thoughtlessness or great men-
tai obliquity. Nothing stronger than luke
warm water should ever be applied to the
eye, except by special medical advice.
and under special medical supervision"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
MODELS FOR NILLINERS


MODELS FOR MILLINERS.
One of the most distinguished bonnets is
of steel blue velvet trimmed with loops and
torsade oflighter blue. The crown is COW
cred with black net, dotted with blue steel
s,,angles The brim flares upward all
around, is faced with the darkest velvet,
and against it rests vine OF blue steel
leaves. At the back of the bonnet Is a
pink rose cluster. A second OF deepest
se;-blue velvet and gros grain has soft
cap crown of velvet, with high rolled
col onet of gros grain; below the coronet is
II roll of velvet tied behind in Il tiny bow
without ends. A spray of blue steel leaves
in front is the only ornament in this COM
pact and tasteful bonnet.
An olive brown bonnet of the darkest
shade of velvet has around the crown Il
scarf of wide ribbon that is solmon- col lorcd
sttin on one side and olive gros grain on
the other; this laps behind, and has short
/ square ends ravelled us fringe. A wreath
OF tinted grranium leaves is in front, two
long holding cock plumes on the left.
and cluster of pink aud scarlet roses be-
hind
T The prettiest bonnet is Of fchestnut-br brown
/ vel ct, with brown satin crown, and velvel
hrim turned straight up in front, with
some upturned sprays of white forg tt-me-
nots. Still above this are pink and white
heron feathers, while behind is long
! looped bow of the velvet and satin.
/ \ black velvet bonnet is made youthful
looking by a scarf of wide double-flced
ribbon-ponceau satin on one side and
black gros grain on the other-behind tied
around the crown; a red and black bird,
with head down and spread wings, is on
The soft plaits of the crown in front An
other black velvet has pink and black rib
bon, with dangling oats Of jet all around
the crown.
A mouse-colored velvet bonnet has a
crown Of pearl gray gros grain he brim
is pointed high in front and supports a
wreath of shaded scarlet geraniums. A
scoop bonnet of myrtle green velvet has
tie crown formed of the green satin side
of double-faced scarf ribbon. A second
of green velvet has the hrim covered with
leaves that are beaded with green; white
heron's plume and three large full rose
buds. scarlet, pink and salmon, are the
trimmings.
Plaitings, puffs, frills shirred bands, SC
much used ut present are not seen on these
new bonnets. \ few upright loops form
ing irregular bows to be placed on the lef
side or behind, smooth bias bands ano
carelessly folded scarfS are the fancy fol
next season.-Harpcr'S Ba7ar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

Frightened by the results of the local
op. ion elections in several cities in Cali
fornil, the wholesale liquor dealers of San
Francisco have combined to fight the law
which gives the issuing of licenses over to
the decision ola popular vote. Their plan
is to prove its unconstitutionality. They
contend that the law-making power is
vested exclusively in the legislature, and
that the latter body cannot delegate its
functions to any other body or authority;
that, excepting in cases where the people
have expressly reserved to themselves a
power of decision, the function of legisla-
ton cannot be exercised by them even 10
the extent of accepting or reje ting law
which has been framed for their considera-
ton; and that the body to whom the law
making is delegated has no more power
to refer the adoption or rejection of "a gen.
eral law to the people of a state than to
any other authority.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
TOM TURNER.
AN EPIC BALLAD.

A fisherman was Tom by trade;
He slept on the briny plaaks;
And though not rich, he often made
A run upon the banks.
On fl sh he lived from day to day
Fish caught by his own hand;
And when he did not land his prey,
He did not praise the land.
When he had seen shoal of sha3,
Their strue giles were in vain;
The fish might hop around like md,
And soon they were in-scine.
lie led happy life; content,
He never thought to roam;
And every day he fishing weat,
And brought his net gains home.
Tom loved girl, so till and slim,
The Iairest In the town;
But Sal would not take up with him,
SO he was taken down.
BY passions power now racked and worn,
He called ON Sal, Il swain fJrlorn,
Led on by Loves suggestion,
lie found thlt she was popping corn,
And SO he popped The question,
She was the sweetest girl in town,
And play ful'as u kitten;
For her rom threw The gtuntlet down
And she gave MIN the mittcn.
Then Tom was mad lie kicked lad
Ills heart was sail Ills head was badi
His lansu tge was still badderl
And he VINO once had lived on shad
soon faded 10 shadder.
To be man he swore to try;
lie left that town OF woe;
He went oat West to do or die;
lie met an Indian SIX feet high
OF course it was not Lol
The Indian saw the Yankee smile.
The Yankee saw..Ghe sioux;
At once they knew that one must fail,
And they both fel to.
The Indian struck 4 mighty blow;
BY Toms good luck it missed the foe
The Indian was forlorn.
Tom tried the Indian TO lay low;
Tom dropped a rock upon his foe,
And c.usheI his Indian corn.
ne Inulan pauSeui tnlo DlOW SO Tuu6
Had caused him great sJictude;
He thought he would no more intrude,
lie thought he'd fly, if none pursued;
The white man next he siyly viewed,
And then began to beller.
Tom deemed all Indians copper hued,
But this one proved yeller.
Tom seized a log to make thrust,
To lay the Indian in the dust;
The Indian ran away
So swift he cut his stick, he must
Have been = Cmp-away.
And thus was fought and won the fight,
In which he took great pride,
Then home he went to Sally bright,
And won her for his bride;
But on that night his hair turued white,
And stayed so till he died.
Editors Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for
st.
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THE PLANK THAT BEARS" Come,

THE PLANK THAT BEARS" Come"
said a minister to his congregation, " come
with me TO the edge on the vast ocean.
How sill the waters are! There is not u
rinnle on the seattle waves scarcely
tremble-how fearfully quiet Surely, this
is the calm before the hurricane! What
dark cloud gathers See that vivid flash
of lightning. Hark 1t is distant peal of
thunder. Now the storm awakes ana RACES
the waves toss and foam. See over
the dark waters, that vessel laborlng IN
the storm, How she rushes on! Breakers
ahead. Breakers ahead! Heard you that
fearful crash. She has dashed upon the
rock. The poor seamen are bathing with
tbs waves. Hark! tits the wild, piercing
scream of the drowning men, rising above
the roaring of the storm. See! see! u
plank floats out and the poor sailor gets on
it: it sustains him; it bears him up. The
waves wash him nearer and nearer the
shore. He is saved! he is saved!'
INV friends" said the minister, " time
is the sea; you are the shlp-wrecked
mariners. The waves of death will
soon break over you. Christ Is the
plank"
The sermon closed. Some years rolled
away; and one day a person was seen
rushing to the minister's house, to request
him to go and see dying man. When he
entered the room, there lay human being,
lowering between the two worlds. The
power of speech was gone; but the lips
moved, and the minister put his ear to the
ilips of the dying man to catch the last
| faint whisper, and heard: 80 sir, the
plank bears up! the plank bears up!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

During these warm days, the temptation
always is TO drink more liquid than is best
for us. A good way to obviate this, and at
the same time to slake the thirst fully. is to
take water, lemonade or iced tea, through
small glass tube-the smaller the better.
by this method the liquid seems to reach
the palate more directly, and certainly
quenches the thirst with half the quantity
taken after the ordinary manner. You
may test this to your satisfaction by using
and dispensing with tube on alternate
days. A number of persons of our ac-
quaintance, who have been in the habit of
drinking so much water in summer as to
render themselves uncomfortable, have
tried the tube, and been surprised at the
reduced quantity needed, and at the in
creased satisfaction gained. An 'old-fash-
ioned " straw" will answer the purpose
we'll enough.-Scribner's
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

We can find churches built at vast ex-
pense.with purpose loftier than their spires,
that actually promote Mrs. Partington's
.pious wish that all people .' may hear the
gospel dispensed with" A Gothic pillar .
beautiful thing-to him who sits in
frontsof it; but it is hard on a man to ex-
pect him to attend church a hundred times
= year, if he can neither see nor hear the
preacher when he gets there.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

BAILEY IN EURoPE.-The Danbury NeUs
man writes thus from London: :" Our mix
ed liquors and slangs are never-failing sub
iects of interest to them. They have eeen
pictures of American bar-tenders mixing
liquors by pouring them from one glass to
the other with the vessels as Ear apart as
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square of II lines or less Of Agate type,
me insertion for each subsequeut Insertion IS
'eBt-. Unless the number Of insert are marked
'n the advertisements il will be contiuuesi until
'r'lered out. Liberal discount made TO merchants
md others advertising by the year.
Probateand Commis sioncrs'No % 90 each.
Fornotices of fIiberations. Estrays theFnFmaiion
md Dissolution of Copartnerships &C rs each
for three Insertions. II sent by Mail the money must
accompany the letter.
Notices in news columns. 10 cents per line each
Insertion but no charge made of less than so cents.
Notices of Deaths and carriages inserted gratis,
,ut extended Obituary Notices Poetry will be
charged at the rate of i've cents per line
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
Fall Millinery Fashions.
EONNETS.

An early importation of bonnets from
the best Partisan milliners indicate what
the fashions of the next season will be.
The shapes are large, with high, soft, box
plated crowns, and tiaring brims turned up
directly in front, and are very compact
looking. without strings or streamers. A
similar shnpe of smaller size is in vogue
at present, and is found to be the most
drcssv and becoming of the many styles
introduced in the spring. : The materials
used are velvet, gros grain, and satin. An
especial effort will be made to restore sat
in TO favor At least two fabric. appear IN
each bonnet, as satin or gros grain for
crown and for facing brims. or for p!ping
folds. with velvet for the head or front
piece and as upright loops of trimming
There is also much wide double-flced RIB
bon that is satin on one side and gros grain
on the reverse; this is twined as a scarf
around the crown, and fastened behind
without a bow, but with two short, straight
even ends ravelled out to form fringe an
inch deep. Sometimes it is plated and
folded over the frame to form the entire
crown.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
AUTUMN IIUES.

The winter colors will be of the darkest
possible shades, Just off black. Those o.!
which French miiliners are most hopeful
are mouse-color, blue steel, nut brown
th,t is almost black, navy blue. violet,
olive, the dark claret shade known us he
de Bordeaur, and invisible green Some
times the same shade of two or three
materials is seen in one hat; in others are
extreme shades of one color, the llghtes
heino associated with the darkest, As flesh
color with nut brown. The greatest num-
ber of bonnets. however, have different
colors oddly blended, and it will b" form
ING novel and beautiful combinations o.
color, such rs the palest pearl gros gram
with cypress green velvet, that mhl'ners
will exercise their taste and ingenuity;
Imported black velvet bonnets are lighted
up with facings and pipings of rose blue
OF ponceau satin. The latter are very very
handsome. but all black bonnets, with
merely relief of flowers or feathers, have
been more popular here in past seasons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
TRIMMINGS.

The novelties for trimming are the or
naments of blue steel that Madame Ray
mond describes as now in vogue in Paris
These are leaves of black net dotted in the
middle with blue steel spangles, while
heads of the same outline their edges.
They are branched as vines, garlands, and
clusters. to be used in front OF the coronet-
also rs aigrettes on the outside: WIN
black and dark blue velvet these trimmings
are exceedingly handsome and Will prob
ably supersede jet. There are also ninety
cut green beads outlining lace leaves 10
be used on darker green velvet bonnets-
Dangling oats of jet, hanging like fringe
and vibrating with the slightest MOTION
are also new, and are largely imported.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12

roses with olive or purple calyx, while the
petals are scarlet or pink, or it may be
blue, with various novel but unnatural
combinations
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-12
CHAPTER ii .

The old Virginian. after surveying his
dead pet for IN instant in sorrowfll
manner. returned the gun and started for
his mansion The other quickly brought
his piece to his shoulder, and called out:
Hold on there, Mister
What do YOU want?" asked the other
AS he turned and beheld u g bead drawn
on him.
"rd like to have You eat the rest OF this
crow
The oil man turned and swore, and tore
about in a frantic manner. saying he'd BE-
Id if he would, and that he Didn't want
,nv of the Young mans jokes. The cock
inc of the Gun, AMI the assurance on the
part of the soldier that he would certainly
put a ball through the old mans shoulder
unless he complied with the demand. in
dured the Virginian to retrace his steps.
:. Now" said the Sergeant, g / want yoil
to eat the rest of that crow, and no non
sense"
A punch of the rifle on the shoulders of
the old man reused him to quick sense OF
his position. ana picking up the crow he
endeavored to bite it. He grew pale. the
perspiration stood upon his face, he trem-
bled like a Il terrier, his mouth watered. his
ewes filled, and it seemed a physical i'm
possibility for him to touch the crow. The
Sergeant compelled him to take bite,
and it was the only one he did take, for
his breakfast came up so rapidly to protest
AGAINST crow that the soldier relented and
told him to IS git and never to trouble A
Bucktail again.
Here would seem to be another proper
place to end this story, but there is still
! another chapter.