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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

necessity for multitudinous bands about
the waist, unite in one garment vest, waist
md drawers Let no weight whatever
rest upon the hips, and if the shoulders
-ebel against the burdens laid upon them
tighten them. Let the stockings he sus-
pended by means of an elastic bands from
the drawers if YOU will find no marks of
impeded circulation upon the limbs. Let
the stockings be woolen if they are not
uncomfortable if so. of fleece lined, the
heavier the better. Lcggings are never 10
be dispensed with in this climate during
the winter season. Be sure and have the
soles of your shoes broader than your feet,
if you will walk with ease and avoid corns
and buniOns. TO insure warm feet in
winter, not over heated ones in summer.
wear heavy soles the year round. The
higher the tops of the boots the warmer
the ankles, provided they are so loose that
the circulation is free.
If your work permits of it, have the
material of which your dres is made firm
and enduring. If occupied in housework,
wash material is desirable, not necessarily
calico, so thin and cold for winter, but
some woolen stuff that is washable. If a
constant attendant upon the sick. there
| must be no rustic to Your garments, and
they must be frequently changed and
washed. Ifyou would not carry contagion
from the sick room do not wear false hair,
that may become impregnated with dis
ease germs. If you would avoid many
nervous affections, neuralgia and sick
headache, if You would keep the scalp
clean and free from disease, then do away
with that mass of dead material false hair
that calls to itself all floating impurities,
and gives only heat, weight and WEAKNESS,
and destroys the outlines of beauty to the
head and the symmetry of proportion in
size between it and the body.
If Won would retain clear skin and
have the face free from pustules, let the
blood flow unimpeded to every portion OF
the body. Keep the skin active by the USE
of pure water, and avoid the Balm of a
Thousand Flowers" and all cosmetic
poisons. under whatever alluring names
presented
Finally, if women will live true to the
highest standard for which they were ere
ated, if they will measure their lives by
noble deeds, let them make for the sou
imperishable garments, and give as little
thought AS may be to the wherewith the
body is clothed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18
A Yankee Joker.

On the bank of the Hudson River, in one
of the villages that dot its shores, a lot of
idlers were standing, seeing which could
throw stones flrthest into the stream. A
tall. raw boned. slab-sided Yankee, and no
mistake, came up and looked on. For a
while he said nothing. till fellow in n
green Jacket, the leader of the party. a
conceited broth of boy. began TO try his
wit on Jonathan.
You can't come that. said he, as he
hurled a stone away out into the river.
MAY be not, said Jonathan; but up in
our country we've purity big river. consid-
erin, and t'other day / hove a man clear
across it and he came down fair and square
on the other side
.Ha, ha. ha! yelled his auditors.
wal naow, yeou may laff, but 1 can
deu it again.
DO what said the green jacket quick
ly.
Il can take and heave you across that
river yOnder, Just ike open and shet-
Bet you ten dollars of it.
Done said the Yankee. and drawing
forth an X(upon Il broken down-East bank
he covered the bragger's shin-plaster.
Kin YOU swim, feller?
Like duck, said green jacket; and
without further parley, the Nermonter
seized the knowing Yorker stoutly by the
nap of his neck and the basement of his
pants. ierked him from his foot-hold, and
with almost superhuman effort dashed the
bully heels over head from the bank, some
ten yards into the Hudson
A terrible shout ran through the crowd
rs he founder ed into the water, and amid
the ieers and screams of his companions
Il, -al ha. tn tha
scrambled up the bank. half frozen by this
sudden and involuntary cold bath.
IN take that ten spot, if you please.
said the shivering loafer. advancing rap
idly to the stake holders You took US for
greenhorns. ELI? Wen show you how to
do things here in York; and the fellow
claimed the twenty dollars.
Wal. | reck'n yeou wunt take no ten
spots jis' yit, captin-
WHY? You've lost the bet.
Not Exactly | didn't calkilate on
leuin it the first time; but | tell you kin
du it; and, in spite of the loafers utmost
efforts to escape him, he seized him by the
scruff and the seat of his overalls, and
pitched him three yards farther into the
river than upon the first trial.
Again the bully returned amid the shouts
of his mates who enjoyed the sport i'm
mensely.
/ Third time never fails said the Yam
kee, stripping off his coat; | can du it, l
tell We. :
Hold on, said the almost petrified vic
+ tim.
And l will deu it. if try till tomorrow
morning.
Il give it up. shouted the sufferer e
tween his teeth, which now clattered like
/ mad badgers: take the money
! The Vermonter very coolly pocketedthe
ten spots, and as he turned away. re-
marked:
We ain't much acquainted with your
smart folks deoun here in York, but we
sometimes take the starch aout of 'em up
our way; and p'raps yeou wunt try it on
tu strangers agin. | reck'n yeou wunt,
he continued; and putting on broad
grin of good humor, he left the company
to their reflections.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

The SHERMAN FAMILY.-Says the
Washington correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazette: Mrs. General Sherman is
devout Catholic, as well rs her daughters,
Minnie and Lizzie In her chamber is a
priedicu, much worn from constant use,
and an altar on which are candles and
crucifix. She is one of the most consistent
women, whatever may be her belief, and
her hand is open as day to melting charity.
She always identifies herself with all pro-
gressive Christian movements for the
benefit of the poor, the ontcast, or the
suffering. She lives about two miles from
the centre of the town, on l street, but it
is worth two-mile walk in snow-storm
to receive the hearty warmth of welcome
with which she gleets her friends. She
stands near the door. 4 fat, round, little
body, with dark hair falling in two long
Girls on each side her bright but homely
face She has such Il motherly way of
holding young girls hand, and after a
few moments conversation, saying: Now
90 right into the other room, where my
daughters and the young people are, and
YOU will be shown where the refreshment
table is" And her refreshment table,
by the way, is well laid and supplied.
Miss Minnie has pale. sweet, nun-like
face, and is one of the few young ladies
with sufficient independence and moral
courage to wear her hair simply, without
frzzing or being f;ishionably got up, and to
attend several parties in succession in the
same dress, because she chooses to do so.
and wants to see whether she could not
enjoy herself as well As if arrayed in diff
fercnt garments on each occasion.
The General is an odd genius, yet a
great f;lvorite with old and young. He is
extravagantly fond of dancing, and some
one wittily remarked: He never steps
lower than the back of a chair. nor higher
than the chandelier He is thoroughly
ungraceful, but enters ints the pastime
with such real relish and earnest enjoy
ment that one can excuse his walking
half way up ones train, or in the height
of his delight carrying the greater portion
of ones prettiest fiounce half way across
the room, or, in the Lancers, for instance,
per,istently going the wrong way in the
grand chain, thereby causing the most
laughable confusion, and the entangle-
ment of his lower proportions in the sur
rounding floating drapery of the ladies.
His wife and daughters disapprove OF
round dancing, and he one day said to
me: Il wish we had dancing at our house
/ like to see young people shooting
around"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

CuRIosITIEs OF ANIMAL LIfE.-There
can be no doubt that dogs feel shame as
distinct from, and something very like
modesty, when begging too often for
food. 4 great dog scorns the snarllng OF
a little dog. and this may be called mag
nanimitv. Ali animals feel wonder, and
many exhibit curiosity. the latter quality
affording opportunity for hunters IN many
parts of the world, to decoy the game In
to their power. The faculty of imitation,
SO strongly developed in man. especially
in Il barbarous state, is present In mon
KEYS. A certain bull-terrier of our ac-
uuaintance, when he wishes TO 60 out OF
the room, Jumps ut the handle of the door
and grasps it with his paws, although he
cannot himself turn the handle. Parrots
also reproduce with wonderful fidelity the
tones of voice of different speakers, and
puppies reared by cats have been known
to lick their feet and wash their faces after
the same manner as their foster mothers.
Attention and memory also are present In
the lower animals, and it Is impossible to
denv that the dreams of dogs and horses
show the presence of imagination, or that
a certain sort of reason IS also present.
Animals also profit by experience as any
man realizes who sets traps. The young
are much more easily caught than the old
and the adults gain caution by seeing the
fate of throe which are caught. Tools al
so are used by some of the higher apes
The chimpanxee uses stone to crack
nut resembling walnut, and the Abyssin'
ian balloons fight troops of other species
and roll down stones in the attack before
they finally close in a hand to hand en-
counter. The idea of property is com
mon also to every dog with bone. to al
birds with their nests, and notably in the
case of rocks. Nor can certain kind O
language be denied to the brutes. The
dog communicates his feeling by barks o
different tones, which undoubtedly raist
in his fellow dogs ideas similar to thoss
passing in his own mind.-Edin6nrg Re
vieD.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

Tom MARSHALL-Nature in truth had
denied him no gift essential to the orator,
and no accident serviceable to his gifts.
Never had an orator a fairer physique in
which to wreak himself on expression.
He was six feet two inces in height, erect.
and 1.-THE. His bearing was
and graceful. his voice clear.
rotund and penetrating, and his enunciu
ton so distinct that his words all came
forth clean-cut like coin fresh from the die
1t is true, his gestures were sometimes
open to the charge of extravaganza, and
his wit to that of buffoonery; but these
blemishes from which even Cicero was
not entirely exempt, were carried off by
the prevailing grace and power of manner
Though highly cultivated man he was a
natural orator He never seemed so much
ut home rs when he was on his legs. In
speaking, whether on the pl tform, in the
senate, or at the bar his mental equilib-
rum and his mental vitality were invinci-
BILE Nothing from within or from with
out could disturb the one or dash
the other Interruptions of all sorts only
added fuel to the fire of his oratorv. From
the first sentence to the last. he was master
of the situation. the whole effort being
stamped with unity and instinct with
grace. To borrow the phraseology of the
drama, there was no break in the action,
no pause in the acting. Not a link was
missing; not minute lost. He would tell
IN anecdote while he was looking for a
citation. and throw off n flash of wit as he
wiped his forehead. Even glass of water
he would take with rhetorical effect deN-
trouslv weaving the act into the texture of
his speech, OF carelessly tossing it among
the flowers of the border. When he was
on the boards, neither the stage nor the au-
dience ever waited. He never hesitated
for a thought or word yet (such was the
the aptness and weight of his Ilsatter) no
one ever thought of calling him fluent.
The word. if it had occurred, would have
seemed absurdly disparaging, He was in
fact neither hippant nor hurried. His
movement had the simple but rcsistless
impetus springing from the free play of
his faculties His style was racy and at
the same time lofty. He touched nothing
that he did not elevate rs well as assimi-
late. He made everything his own, and
transfigured himself. l have heard many
of the great orators of our time in both
hemispheres, but, taking all in all, | have
never heard one who in my opinion was
his equal-R. Shipman IN March Galary.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

Roger Tichborne was deeply tattooed on
the arm, and that he Uord Bellew) had
done the tattooing. The claimant had
been physically examined previously. and
was known to have no such marks on his
person. The claimants case Immediately
collapsed. The jury said they had heard
enough evidence, and his counsel elected
to be nonsuited The Lord Chief-Justice
Immediately issued warrant for Orton's
arrest for perjury and in January, 1873,
the trial which has ended in his conviction
began.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

One REASON WHY Mr.. GLADSTONE WAS
DEFEATEp.-The London correspondent
of Hurper's Ba.ar, writing during the late
election canvass in England, gives us an
idea of the pressure brought to bear against
the Wings by the Conservatives. He
SAYS:
The whole election is taking strange
course, and bids fair to recommend itself
As :: theme to writers of fiction under the
title of the Pl1bijcans' Rcrenge The fact
is. his well-meont attempt to stem the tide
of drunkenness among the lower orders.
even so small matter as closing the pub
lic-houses at II p NJ, has raised the wrath
Of the licensed victuallers against Mr.
Gladstone. When | tell you that six hun
dred millions Of dollars were spent last
year in drink, you may conclude that their
wealth is very great. and their influence,
assisted by the weaknesses of their Gus
toners, is proportionate- They have de-
clared en- n1asse against the government.
and the Tories are not ashamed to take up
the cry of " interference with the liberty
ofthe subject in denying him gin at
midnight-in order to secure for them
selves these infamous allies. | envy them
their votes, but not the means by which
they will obtain them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

King Coffee. of Ashantee. is described
as a man of about thirty-fve years of age
and. % though much SCARED by the small
pox. has true kingly air. His mother
to whom the throne belongs of right,
and who chose this favorite son to fill her
plare-has great influence over him. She
is prudent, though warlike woman,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

The Macoupin county Qllinois) super
visors, who were fined for contempt of
court for refusing to levy the taxes in dis
pute in that county, voted an appropriation
of $4,000 out of the county treasury to
pay the fine,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

SOCIAL ELECTiCIsM.-Let amusements
be as innocent as they may be, and let
society be as free as it may from ambition
and envy, still, if the life be a life of society
and a life of amusement, instead of life
of serious associations diversified by amuse-
ment and society; it will hardly ever at
tain happiness or inspire respect. And
the more it is attempted to make society a
pure concentration of charms and delights,
the more flat will be the failure. Let us
resolve that orr society shall consist of
none but the gay, the brilliant and the
beautifll-that is, we will exclude from
it all attention to the aged, all forbearance
to the ungraceful and -unattractive and
we shall find that when our social duties
and social enjoyments have thus seduously
been set apart, We hive let down d sieve
into the well instead Of a backet. Nor is
if in our nature to be durably very we'll
satisfied with an end which does not come
10 Us in the disguise either Of y means or a
duty.-Heury Taylor
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18
ST. JOHN. THE AGED.

The following anonymous poem was found about
eight Years ago. in MAGAZINE published at Phlla-
depha. Its beauty of language fcrvor OF feeling,
and exalted religious sentiment claim Tor 1t wider
circulation than 1t has yet attained.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-18

Milford, Massachusetts.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

IT is reported that the reisnins DIXIE
Of Brunswick has recognized the valid
i,y Of his deceased brothers will, and
that the whole affair will shortly be set
tied between the representatives of the
Duke and the town council of Geneva.
The rumor that there existed a second
will. by which all the Dukes property
was left to the son of the late Emperor
Napoleon ILL.,, is being confirmed.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

~ AcoIozNr.-I;ob,it Arija. SlI'I-
iutei.Gelt q the New luIIs IDiIe. Wis
thrown oUt q Ms tu-Ey 1t Gold Ni:!
yesterday morning at 90 O'clock, aud
was cou>i !erahiy cut and bruised. lie
was passing 4 lar-e wagon Which stood
Ill front Of MayLaft!' >. Oh Main street,
when another big wagon came up out
SIDE OF lis buggy, catching under the
fore-wheel and Tipping tle vehicle over
to such IN extent as to pitch Inn out
against the stationary wagon. His III
ju,ies are not Of a serious, though some
what pa;ntUi nature. He received a cut
on tie bridge OF his hoe at.i another On
tie forehead, and had both wrists
sprained. After Mr. Apple was thrown
out his horse went away with the buggy,
lat was soon caught NeiiLer the horse
nor v,Llc!v Was mCci. i'jlrcd.-L-.eT-
prise.
The attempt ot the goEtlaman 70 per
form these functions Of 4 cataruit cause
the suspicion that he IS q Apple hutter.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

- pertinent t. the mention Of the
departure from oar midst q Rev. Arthur
Hcirthar the wicked si,;e oi tie Sun
day school will rise up and repeat these
lines from the unedited works OF Kate
Held:
If / were a Cas.0wary
On the plains Of Timbuct00.
| would at Il missionary
Hat anu boots and hymn book 10"
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

Secretary Fish denies that there is any
ground for the Suns assertions. There
IS no Spanish Minister in this country at
present. and the Spanish Charge DAT
faires is no. in WasLington.-Prsss DIS
rGtch.
We are having quite enough of this
Sunfish controversy
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

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OF ABOUT il. ltis Supposed that all tie
tsh in the lake are dead, As The pcIicans.
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name than "wiriro~." /. is e,ide,lt
tia. The suckers are not all dead
When th.v are, Sut.o viii Quit flat
Pharta,uasoaical. perip4tetic show
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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

CHINESE LITIGATIoS. - Hong sing
c.@ilne,! that Sam Hing owed him two
hundred dollars; Sam Hing sail Gidu' [,
ana both cele<t;als agreed 10 leave the
matter to the arbitration Of the heads Of
TIE different wasL-house companies III
town, who consulted! together and pro-
nounced verdict that Hing must so
down to the graveyard and solemnly cut
off rooster head that he was not in
dabted to Sing in the above named
amount. decreeing likewise that Hing
should pay Sing 81 80 for taking the
oath-a sort of notary's fee. as it were.
In accordance with this verdict the par
ties litigaut III company with number
OF other Chinaman, armed with knives,
hludgeons and six-shooters, repaired to
the graveyard, where Hing decapi;ated
the fowl over the grave of Il departed
countryman. and solemnly asservated
that he didn't owe Sing dos-gOned
cent. Sing paid Hing the 81 81 for
taking the oath. and then foolishness
was about to commence; but Marshal
Day, who was on the watch. stepped in
and read the riot act, and disarmed the
party, capturing a number of six-shoot-
ers. knives and iron bars. Had it not
been for the interference of the Marshal.
there would have been bloodshed, and
Hong Sings bones would have been put
in condition for shipment to the Flowery
Kingdom. He remarked to the Marshal
that maybe SO you no come, mo no
more washee. "-RereiNe.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-26

New York, July 24.-ILe brcoki yu
Argus this af;elI ooa publishes a srrpls-
ma@t4ry statement Of IL. T.Itou. N
~ interview vi.h All Argus reporter
Ti.ton SAID all the accounts Il Lis cross
e2.n.intt.yn ry the committee lad b==r
osse--ii=5, Incorrect aud :nisrepyesented,
as t,:.aIal1! to the reporters BY tie
counsel IL tie committee, fer which toe
committee - not responsible. The
committees counsel are tricky ana stra-
setic. They VIII lie the worst beaten
attorneys ever n any case and have
made q LiIsous IluEler IL Givertins the
Investigation into tie character OF his
female associates. This gives i'm the
r:.ht TO institute counter inquiry into
tue character Q; Beecher's ass ociates.
liz informed the committee yesterday
that he deprecated such a plan OF battle
but if forced upon him By the commit
tees counsei - wujIu draw p sword with
two edges to their enc. II this new as
rect Is to Chi-at :CriZa the remainder Of
the controversy :. ,Cf..,t be better tor
B-echer II lie hal peve. been born.
referring to the statement printed in
ills mornings r.perS that he tcli the
committee that II lad no other evidence
u B.echrr's adultery exeeit what Mrs.
Ti;ton had toli hin. T!itoE said t. the
r-nortey: Il wish Won would do III the
f.Tar to saw th-,3.sL the columns Of the
A--C< that, though have hitherto de
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