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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-05-16

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
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Satisfied with the Weather.

We efkneW more than one man who
was perfecuy satisfied with the weather at
all tilnesanil under all circumstances. In
summer,y when the thermometer bolted up
among the nineties, Chubb would come to
the front door with beads of perspiration
standing ont all over his red face, until his
head looked like Il raspberry, and would
look out at the sky and say, 9 Splendid
perfectly splendid. Noble weather for the
poor and the ice companies and the washer
women. They don't shake up any such
climate rs this in Italy. Gin me my UNI
brella, Harriet, while | sit out yer on the
step and enjoy it." In winter, when the
mercury would creep down fifteen degrees
below zero and the cold was severe enough
to freeze the inside of Nesuvius solid to the
center of the globe. Chubb would sit on a
fence and eXclaim, BY jingo. did YOU
ever see such weather aS this? | like an
atmosphere that freezes up Yer very mar
rer. It helps the coal trade and keeps the
snakes quiet Don't talk of summer time
to me. Gin me cold and give it to me
stiff. When there was drought Chubb
used to m-rt Us in the street and remark
= No rain vet, / see. Magnificent. isn't it
| want my weather dry; | want it with the
dampnes> left out. Moisture breeds fever
and a@ue. and wet, your clothes. If
there's anything | dispiSe its to carry IN
umbrella. No rain for me, if You please. :
When it raincd for Il week, and swamped
the country, Chubb often dropped i'll to sec
u> and to observe 4" dunno how YOU feel
about this Yer rain, but allus seems to me
that the heavens never drops no blessing
but when we have Il long wet spell. 1t
makes the corn jump and cleans the sew
erS. | wouldn't give a cent to live IN a
climate where there was no rain. Put me
on the Nile and Id die in week. Soak
me through and through To the inside OF
nv undcrShirt and feel ~ if life was
bright and beautiful and sOrrer nothing
but nonsense. Chuhb was always happy
in a thunder storm lie would say, Put
me in thunder storm and let the lightnin
play around me and | am ut home. Id
rather have one storm that'd tear the in
side ont of the continent than a dozen OF
years little dribblin watherin pot show
erS. If can have Il rippin and a roarin
storm don't want none One day Chubt
WAS upon hi~ roof fixing a >hingle, when
a tornado struck him and lifted him off
and dashed him with such terrible force
against a fence thlt his leo was broken.
~ they carried him home we met him
and when We asked him how he felt, ht
opened his eyes and languidly said, : I'm
mortal powers, what a storm that was
When it does blow. ii suits the senior
member of the Chubb family if it blow:
hard. I'll give both legs if we could have {
squall like that every day. I-l- Ther
he tainted We want Chubb elected presi
dent lie i the only man in the universe
who don't growl at the weather, and h
ought to have glory and honor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
Farm Life i'm Germany.

In recent issue of the Evangelist II cor
respondent gives an interesting description
of farm life in Germany, which, by the
contrast it furnishes with the life and sur
roundings of the agricultural population
of our own country, accounts pretty plain
" for the immigration of German farmers
and their families to the United States.
We make room for a single extract:
As we proceed on our way we pass
through several villages, in which the
houses are pretty close together, in no way
resembling the bright, neat farm houses of
our New England States. Here the build
ings consist of a frame skeleton filled in
with brick or clay, and generally white
washed The other ones have thatched
roofs with a rich growth of beautiful moss
upon them, and often a stork's nest at the
gable end, which the peasant considers us
a sign of good luck. When spring comes,
and all nature begins to show signs of a
new life, the children anxiously watch the
return of the stork, who has spent the
winter under summers sky. The more
modern houses are covered with red tile,
but even they have in front of them the
disgusting manure heap, suggesting bad
drainage and disease. Over the double
front door, which is large enough to admit
entrance to loaded wagon, is carved in
large letters the name Of the owner of the
house, his wife's. and some appropriate
verse from the Bible. The spacious hall,
with its hard trodden clay floor. forms the
main part of the house, walks from it
right and left lead the doors into the sta
bles. At the end we find small sitting
room, with low ceiling and projecting
beams, and the fine floor covered with
white sand. Narrow wooden benches are
stationary against the wall, deal table
stands in the center, and a few wooden
chairs, and perhaps an old clock in the
corner. complete the furniture Of the mod
ast apartment. The bedrooms and kitchen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

ATTACHING A MENAG ERIE.-WhenJ Jones
Menagerie was in Millersburg the last time
the proprietor would not pay his bill for
advertising in the Morning 4rgwS, and the
editor attached the cage containing the
hyena. The sheriff secured the cage and
brought it round to the -4rgus office. where
il remained for several weeks. The bill
amounted TO fifteen dollars; and as the
animal ate two dollars worth of beef every
day for four weeks. the amount of profit In
that particular form of collecting the debt
did not seem encouragingly large One
afternoon the hyena broke loose and near
ly chewed up the foreman. while the editor
saved himself only hy suddenly climbing
ont on the roof The hyena tore around
through that sanctum, upsetting type
rolling in printers ink, and feeding HIM
self with poetry. and advertisements, and
wood-cuts, and incendiary editorials on
Cuba for four days, during which the pub
LEGATION of the .4rgus was suspended. and
the editor remained on the roof thinking
solemnly about things. Finally, the. sheriff
placed a ladder against the building and
undertook to destroy the hyena with shot
gun. He fired eighty-seven times before
inflicting a mortal wound. and when, at
last, the editorial corps returned. the room
looked (as if the battle of Waterloo and
three or four skirmishes had been fought
in it. Probably no hyena was ever buried
with more literature. in his stomach than
that hvena of Jones had. And an i'm
preston did get abroad that it died, not
from the wounds received from the sheriff S
gun, but from its inability TO digest those
tough editorials of the Argus and the
original poetry. They dug the wood-cuts
out with a butchers knife Menagerles
which advertise in the Argus now have to
pay in advance. and give the editors fami-
iv dead head tickets for the seasOn.-Hag
-idelcr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

Henry Edwards. i'll the -inlcricdn Natur-
dIist gives an interesting account of the
honey making ant OF New Mexico. 1t APP
pears that the cOmmunit Z, consist of
three distinct kinds of ants-thc guards,
the nurses or feeders. and the honcv-mak-
ers. The site of a nest is usually in sandy
soil and from four To five feet square. The
surface of the ground is not disturbed. and
if it were not for the presence of the ants
the position of the nest would not he sus-
pected. The black workers surround the
nest a guards or sentinels. and are always
in state of great activity. They form
two lines of defense. moving different ways,
their march always being along three sides
of square. one column moving from the
southeast to the southwest corner of the
fortitication, while the other proceeds in
the opposite direction. In most of the
nests examined the eastern, western and
northern sides We're guarded while the
southern side was left undefended. If any
enemy approached the line he was at once
ferociously attacked \ portion of the
soldiers brought flowers and aromatic
leaves and deposited them in the center OF
the square, whence they were taken by the
nurses and carried into the nest. The
honey makers never leave their cells. theiI
abdomen being too much swollen by the
honey they contain. 1t is supposed, but
has not been proved, that all the ants Use
this honey As food.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

A FARMERS MISTAKE.-When board
inc round was the fashion with schooi-
teachers, Farmer A, on comings TO the
house at tea-time, was introduced. To the.
schoolma'a am. In a moment he perceived
a strong odor of musk which came from
the schOolma' ANS clothing He. entirely
ignorant of the cause, charged it upon
Ponto, who had a strong propensity Tor
muskrats, and at once reprimanted him.
"Ponto, You scamp, you have been Kill
ing muskrats; 60 outdoors, sir, and get
sweetened off.
But Ponto did not stir, and Farmer a.
spoke again more sharply
Get out; you'll scent the whole house
The schoolma'am by this time was
blushing red as crimson, while the boys
and girls could scarcely keep from burst
ing into laughter. One of them, unno-
ticed, mt last made their father understand
how the matter stood, and he, Of course:
dropped the subject. The evening passed
away rather awkwardly with all. and the
teacher failed to return the next day. On
her account the affair was kept quiet until
after she left the neighborhood, when many
were the hearty laughs over Farmer As
error and the schoolma, ans discontinue.
She omitted musk thereafter. III
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

RAILROAD TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND
We started for GOodwood. the day preced-
ing the races. Yes, we started, and per-
haps you think we travelled at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. Credulous reader!
There was a time when believed that all
English engines were driven by lightning.
| have lived to learn that, French, German
and ItaliSA. trains excepted, there is no
such deliberate snail as the British. The
express traveller to Liverpool or Edinburgh
may count his mile a1ninute, but the short
est trips are the longest. We ought to
have arrived at Chichester in. two hours.
We were fivea. " Well, you see, there al
ways is just sach haggrawatin' delay when
anything is going on, andyOu're in q hufs
ry." said the gytatd.- who had been paid
well for keeping the carriage free of in
truders, and who, after carefully locking
the door, tried to open it at every station
and, not succeeding. conducted passengers
to other carriages. Clever guard
very" as Alfred Jingle would remark.
Everybody is a-losing of his head and
nobody knows nothing. i hadvise you to
look after your luggage, for I've known
ladies what went to the races to show their
fine clothes, not get them until the week
after. There never was such picture as
one old lady who was kept waiting and
took on so about her diamints as though
she was the shah of Persia in her own
right" Which comes of having no check
system. Your luggage goes into a van,
and why it ever comes ont again, is a mir
acle. 1t requires more faith to believe in
the safety of ones trunks in Europe-un-
less they are registered than to believe
in the immaculate purity of the custom
house party. The reason why England
ignores the American system of checking
is because it is contrary to precedent and
is therefore in direct conflict with the Brit
sh constitution. The British constitution
is but another name for pure cussedness-
Trains here have a way of starting on one
road and arriving on another. Tracks are
SO interlaced that | see no reason why a
locomotive should not prance all over Eng
land before reaching its destination. What
certainly happened was, that one portion
of our train arrived an hour and Il half be-
fore the other. Upon getting out at Chi
chester. we discovered our foOtman calmly
awaiting Us with the intelligence that our
luggage was at the house, and he had had
his lunch an hour previous. We asked for
an explanation, but no one gave any.
British officials are paid to mind their
business. which is never yours.
KATE FIELD.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

AN ANECDoTE OF RossINI.-A story is
told of Rossini, the great composer. which
may not possibly be the less authentic from
its failure to become incorporated among
the many anecdotes collected in the formal
biography of the maestro. One day an
organ grinder. making his rounds, stopped
before Rossini's door and BEGAN executing
a. Di tanti palpiti on his instrument in
that excruciating way which has caused
Holmes to describe street organists as
crusaders sent from some Internal cline
to lop the ears of sentiment and dock the
tail of rhvme" Pretty soon a voice call
ell out to the musician, quicker. quick
err" The performer only stared. Quick
er. | say: its allegro" The organist ex
pressed his inability to secure these refine
ments. when the impatient Rossini-for he
it was-seized the handle. and turned it to
the right measure. Thank You for the
lesson,' said the organ-grinder. The
next morning the pupil reappeared, and
PLAYED with so much spirit that a voice
/ from the house cried Bravo" while
/ louis ratified on the pavement. This is
perhaps, the oldest bit of instruction ever
said to have been given by Rossini--Lip-
/ piuc0h.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

BAzAINE'S PRSoN.-The isle of Saint
Marguerite, near Cannes. is most beau
tiful place, and there the prisoner will be
allowed to live in the fortress. as if at
home. and with his wife and children. 1t
was here that the prisoner known us the
Man with the Iron Mask was confined.
Many distinguished State prisoners have
been sent there. among others. NJ de Brog-
lie, bishop of Gand, and uncle of the pres
ent duke. In one of his letters. given in
his memoirs. he says: - Iou think, per-
haps. that | was happier here than in a
prison in the interior. All. no. When
saw above ME these clear skies without a
cloud, when. from the top of the fortress,
l looked out upon that blue sea, with its
white-sailed vessels. when the Sea-birds
skinned along the waves, or scared above
me- felt within myself the unconquera-
BILE need of liberty, need which would
have been less violently felt in an ordinary
prison" The fortress is small, and of the
e third class. but very comfortable for the
little garrison. 1t was built by Richelieu,
and repaired after the plans left by Nau-
ban. For invalids this is a charming resi-
dence. hut for a prisoner it must be very
sad indeed.-Timcs Paris Correspondence
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

CHRISTIAN MEDIT ATION i have been
taught Il good deal that meditation is q
Christian eXccllcncc-and 50 it l.: bUt
meditation is largely 4 running of the
mind-mill; and certainly it does not do
any good to run the mill when there is no
grist in it; and vet, thousands mediate
when they have nothing To mediate on.
Indeed, the great majority of men are M
able to supply themselves with food for
continuous reflection. When they mcdi-
tate, or suppose they do. there Is nothing
that is really profitable in the operation,
There is not one man III i thousand among
intelligent men, who i able II take up a
train Of thought and carry it on connect
edlv and consecutivclN. Reading Is rood
because ii brings something to You;
memory may also help you; and there may
be times when under strong excitement
the mind is lifted up into positions where
it can carry on noble trains of thought
and far he it from me To undcrValuc them
but where it is thought that every per, on
must mediate every day. how ptcou> is
the exemplication of meditation, mrdi-
tated when | was Voung. with u healthy
body, with an exquisite Sen~bilty Ia fact,
and with undisclosed and unltvelopcd in
tcllectual powers mcditatrl-or thought
| did; and when | woke up was watch
ing the creeping of fly on the wall.
meditatcd-or tried tO-about heaven, and
about the wOndrous truths which belonged
to the heavenly state: and when | came
to myself was watching the birds out of
the window. | meditated; but meditation
with me consisted in constantly watching
myself and bringing myself back to the
thing in hand for As the thing in hand was
nothing. it was hard to stay to it. Many
think that religious life requires mcdita-
ton: but | say that religious life first re
quires knowledge and consideration; the
question IS. whether man can sit down
by himself and consider truths which are
disconnected from the practical flow of his
daily duties. My impression is that he
cannot. One cannot carry on Il process OF
meditation except i'll connection with
things that are occurring in the world and
under his hand. II. ". Bccchcr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

A Huron Indian is reported to have
found on the shore of Lake Superior eu-
rious gem 1t is = compound Of four class
es of stones .aggiomerated together so as
to constitute . perfect gem Of rare beauty
The stones comprised in it are agate, cor
nelian, perite and crystal Among the 9th
or remarkable fssturss of this gem are the
appearance sn each side, Is If rom the
hand Of an engraver. Of = resemblance OF
q miniature crown. the clearly defined forms
of a hlaok-and.tan dog. the bead OF an
owl, the tracings of the shores of little
lakes. and other remarkable phenomena.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square Of lslh1ss on less Of Agate type,
one insertion 90; Tor eSch subsequent insertion 3
cents. Unless the number Of Insertions are marked
on the advertisement il viii be continued until
ordered out Iiberaf discount made to merchants
and others advertising by the year.
Probate and Commissioner Notices ts.oo each.
Fornotices OF Liberations, Estrays the Formation
and Dissolution Of Copartnerships. &C., $i25 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 charge made of less than 80 cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis,
but exiended Obituary Notices or Poetry will be
charged at the rate of Eve cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

PAUL DU CHAILLU IN NoRwAr.-l have
been an extensive traveller, but never in
all my experience have | met with such an
honest and simple class of people as the
inhabitants of Norway, Sweden and Lap
land. Their faith in human nature is
something incredible, and their honesty
exceeds all bounds. Often have | left my
money behind me in "a farmhouse, and as
often have l been followed on the road by
my late host with the treasure forgot in
his domicil. They scorn to take any re
ward for doing what they consider their
duty, and as often as | have offered them
rewards they have been rejected. They
are very religious people and Il very
democratic people. OF their religious sim
plicity volumes could be written. They
are for the most part, in fact all, Protes-
tants or Lutherans. They bury their dead
in grave-yards around the churches, and
if man dies two hundred miles away his
body must be brought to the graveyard
and inferred. A stranger can tell the con
dition of almost any lady he meets: Those
that are engaged to be married have one
plain gold ring, those who are married
wear two, and those who have a family
wear three. When mans wife dies in
this northern cline the husband and his
friends have three days jollification.
About their democratic ideas | cannot give
YOU a better notion than by mentioning
the fact that | sought an interview with
the king and was accorded the same. Be
fore l was five minutes in the royal pres
ence was asked to smoke a cigar, and at
separating was requested to call again
which / did. When | returned l had to
look for the king myself there beinp no
guards or servants around the house.
found him putting on his coat in room
upstairs. having just put the finishing
touches on one of his pictures A few
words about the midnight sun. | witness
ed this grand phenomenon while standing
ON Cape North, the most northerly ex-
tremity of Europe. The sun, instead of
setting rs it does here. and running a
course from east to west, keeps going
around in circle. the lower periphery of
which is just on the horizon. When it
makes the lower curves it is partially OBJ
scured, but it rises again and describes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
WINTER SONG.

When icicles hang by the wall,
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hail,
And milk comes frozen home in pail;
When blood is nipped and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Towhoo;
Tu-whit to-whoo, 4 merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
When ali aloud the wind doth blow.
And coughing browns the parsons saw,
And birds sit broodiDg in the suow.
And Marian's nose looks red and raw;
Wheniroas' ell crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl.
To whoo;
Tu-whtt to-whoo. Il merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot
Shakespeare
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15
SHINING STARS.

Shine, ye stars of heaven,
On world of paint
Zee old Time destroying
All our boarded grain;
a II our sweetest flowers, q,
Every stately shrine, f
All our hard earned glory, .-.
Every dream divinel 60,
Shine, ye stars of heaven.
On the rolling years.
Sec how Time, consoling. -
Dries the saddest tears:
Bids the darkest storm cioads
Pass in gentle rain,
While uprise i'll glory
Flowers and dreams againI
'a zAdeiaiie Proctor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

circles in the air for nearly two and a half
months. 1t then goes away, but total
does not ensue, for the moon, the
stars and the Northern lights illumine the
land
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-15

Oleomargarine is the name of the artifi-
cial butter which having had such an eX-
tensive sale in London and Paris. is now
becoming popular in New York and Bos-
ton. There are two of these Oleomargarine
factoriesl in New York, one .in Fifty-sixth
street aud one in Twenty-ninth street
They produce daily 10000 pounds. which.
with the product of other factories in the
vicinity of the metropolis, makes the yield
more than twenty-three tons per day. The
butter is made from the yellow, tasteless
aud odorless oil that is obtained from beef
suet This oil is placed in churns, with
one-fifth its weight in sour milk, and ehurn-
ed until an emulsion is formed, anattO be-
ing added to give it the required color
1t is then cooled and worked and salted
like common butter 1t is estimated that
four thousand tons (eight million pounds)
of this artificial butter have been consum-
ed in this country during the last eight
months What the effect of the increased
use of the article will have upon the cow
question is problem which We leave to
the grangers and students of natural his
tory.