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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

GLApNEe$.-Onc spring OF gladnt>S l.
wholesome. noble work. No man is glad
when living TO himself. Man i made for
the life Of communion the perfect form of
human life VA, the life which found its
blc>~csinc9- i'll giving itself /" mankind.
There i much physical gladne-> in the
glow of Il healthy body. That glow is the
fruit of energetic action. Thus sluggar'i>.
la~rard,. know nothing of the physical joy
of life. Work for God, work tor man,
work that is twice blessed. which hles-cth
him that give, and him that takes, is the
correspondent condition of Il vigorous
glow in health in the spiritual sphere The
old monks were glad because their lives
were fruitful. | speak of their best day
they became the LATEST and drearie>t men
in ChriStcndom. But when the institution
was Young, they had work on hand which
they believed the world would rejoice in
! They believed Themselves the saviours o.
society: that by their toll, their tears. THEN
PRAYERS. they We're helping it beyond tho
power of kings and captains to hclp tina
their uplifted hands kept heavens gate
open: that their constant service was ;
heavens ladder. hv which angels of Coo
descended upon the world Let loose th'
winrs Of Your loving ministry; stir YOU
soul to som" work which shall seattle
blessings. II YOU would taste JOY, fresl
and pure from itS fountain, do good. b'
ready to communicates. 1t is this whicl
makes the soul instinct with vigor, aglov
with health, and radiant with JOY. Maj
is Il crippled half-dcvclopcd being, unit
his unsclti>h ministry is drawn forth
When he has tasted the joy OF doing good
he is like the lame after Peters touch, h
roeS into 4 great temple of life, walking
and lcaping, and prai>ing God. Try II
If life is sad, make it glad by service, ser
: vice that strains Your power. that 4 hlghe
power only can make YOU strong cnoug
TO render. But here we touch the dee
perennial fountain of gladncss-the JOY {
the Holy Ghost. The joy of man VIII
believes that God is with him, is cxubel
ant, irrepressible. The delight of doin
the will of God. to those who have taste
it, masters all other JOY. My meat an
nv drink is to DO the will of Him that sen
me, and to finish his work. .''-London Con
1rc1QtiOuthi.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

CnlIp>r WAIr--A FIX nights ago.
IN hour after midnight. Justice Porter
WIS awakened hy some "nr pounding on
hi door He arn~,. and asked what WAS
wanted and a voi-e replied tlai he must
90 over "n NacGmb ~:rcct AMI marry i
couple"
Go home, mister Il.;- j. ~ hour 10
marry any one. h,- replied
But cant waii. replied til" ml:ln.
his voice brtrlyim- great anxiety
- But you' lay" To-
oh come NOW .Julc,.. cpaNr'l The
man--I want to max. = dead SIRE
thing of il. have been courtin@, and
shes hung oil and hung of, bat I've final
lv GOT her 10 -ay YES and there's no know
ng how long the fill las Git up and
make tracks right away. for shes worth
two cows and a horse and wagon,
His Honor couldn't resist the appeal
and the marria@e w,t> ~"lcmnized al two
0 clock in the mornin@--Dfroit !trcc
Press
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
q am monarch of all survey.
NJ Z rIUht There Is none To IISnIitp y

Nevertheless he did not seem to be happy.
There was one wish, his greatest. that he
could not gratify-he could get no roast
beef!
At present. this island is in the possession
of colony of Germans. Sixty or seventy
of our countrymcn, under the leadership
of IN engineer named Robert Wchrhahu
settled there in 1868. They describe the
island rs being in the highest degree
Salubriouse and fruitful On their arrival
they found large flocks of goats. about
thirty half-wild horses, and some sixty
asses They brought with them COWS,
hogs, fowls. farming utensils, small boats
ana i~hing-tackle.--1pple!on'S JOurnH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

WRITE L1GHTLY.-An Indiana editor
advises people against using a hard pencil,
and goes on to tell why. His wife desired
him to write a note to a lady, inviting her
to meet party Of friends at her house.
After Hubby" had done rs his wife
desired, and started to post the note she
saw on another piece of paper an impress
sion of what he had written. 1t was
..Sweet Matte, Effie desires your company
on Wednesday, to meet the Smithers
Don't fail to come, my darling. | shall have
the happiness of a long walk home with
YOU, and sweet goodnight kiss. | dare
not see you often, or my all-consumin9
love would betrav us both. But, Matte
dear, don't fail to come" We wonder
which the wife considered hardcst-the
pencil or the husband,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square of II lines or less of Agate type,
one Insertion 90; for each subsequent Is
cents | Mess tie number OF insertions marked
on the advertisement 1t viii he continued until
ordered out Liberal discount made to merchants
and others advertising 10y the year.
Probatoand G omlni>-ioner>N Notices 3. 90 each.
tOrnotIceS oiIlb berajIons, EStravs the Formation
and Dissolution OF Copartner,hIpS. &C. 81. - each
tor three insertions II sent 10y Mail the money must
accompany the letter.
Notices IN news columns, 10 cents per line each
insertion but no charge made of .css than 30 cents
Notices OF Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
hut extended Obituary Notices Poetry viii he
charged 1T the rate OF five cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

Milk PrNCH--A good story j. told of
Judge i. of Vermont. we'll known a> Il
pronounced teeto,aler. To illustrate the
value of some men Professions Invited
to tend some agricultural festival. the
Judge WAS asked upon hi> arrival if he
would have a glass of milk. and upon
responding 'yc>, Was proifcred Il glass of
what looked like milk hat Was in fact
more potent milk punch Taking a sip
at first the Judge soon returned to the
glass and drained it to the bottom. when
he returned it 10 his entertainer with the
exclamation, Lori, tchat q cotc Nee
Bedford Mcrcurp
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
uai,;:. IA l'!la:>. and Power Of Ac>imat;-
Ziii0n.
~ II. IN El;>HLD.

llt'l" 't'- - wv '.ll NY ''-+i = 4i'
man bciu9- certain individuals who are
far more c.l.ahlc oi adapting themselves
to altered circumstances than others, who,
to outward seeming are no Whit better OF
stronger than Themselves. Il" tact en-
counters IL nj every step III uaIIE NE. VI
two vouur men who with apparently
r.nIal cllanrc- oil we'll doing. shall emi-
ri.lt,. 10 u foreign country. one. and per
har~ the more promising. ~hHIl turn int"
an Idle lnatt.r and ii" Il drunkard, or shall
take a f,tal fever. or shall ~uccumh to the
new influence, from weakness either OF
moral or of physical fiber: while the other
Shall plud on through every difficulty,
make his fortune. and found Il family III
his new home.
With races. this inherent difference l.
-tiil more apparcnt- There l. no obvious
reason why Il flrneAnEln' Nnoult make Il
very bad culoMi,t. and IN In-Il~hman or
Il German Il rood one: why Il jr" should
hc able to make hi way ant his fortune
through every impeachment OF climate. dis
tlncr. :rI persecution; and why North
American Indian ~houid "lr II lie l. taken
AWAY from lis native Wlld-.
With Jualrllprd- and with birds, there
j. tn, same fact To- be notIerd.-dltlrrenct-
between individuals. ana sun greater dl-
tcrrnc,- between species. 1t has been
forced upon our notlr" very recently, that
the climate of the West African coast i
II fatal to most domestic animals aS 1t l.
to the white man. 10 tn" dog, the horse.
and the OK, il evil lntiu"nr'S are fatal :;
but the rIr thrlNr-. Hhd Ihuced seems
equally ut home and happy IN i fever
stricken man%rovc swamp of the tropr,
~ amid the ic" and -n"" OF Melville l.
land.
lhe pheasant and gUinrt-loWI' whose
native country l. dry 3hd ii"'' pass TO and
thrive in those that ar" wet and cold
Cocks I'm" mons NIi',' lH"-F"l'II> IN
hahIttd the drH'il~ "I iil'lI'''t "l'TI'>' co
we'll III almost every CORNER "l inc h'''iI3-
bile globe. mot or c"Id' wet or ,tf\.
These tai, ANA many 7IiliII'f ones are
familiar enough i" m'-t "i IL; hu' the ne
les latent power "l ''l7l''i''t - ne" IN
ilurnrc9 "iIlch i lp"I'f HIH- III 'tIU'lI
families ol tn" N%-c'2tt' hIh@i"ill' :'h'
weak in Others, I. les, often Tehl;irh'd up
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

There i Il law in human nature which
causes the .r,;tt,-~t interest 10 he felt for
the object which lI:t- caused most sacrifice.
Very Oft n tIi~ Interest am plni- to down
right affection. Ihi- i easily understood
by the teacher who has laborri zetlou>ly
ur an unruiy pupl. or b1- tn" liilamthropi~t
who i irving liz lif.. il th'- r-claininT of
In lost. l. j. philosophical. tao. for the
more we rIui'.ct oar thoughts int" other
lives. lh- more l.ni"nt can We become
towards f:tilimg~. seeing Il Ne then do. the
opposing strength which tn y must resist.
Then hr-i,l,.-. iI,rt. :tr,- nlnT beautiful but
Swallowed traits in every character 7. which
onlv the careful h1nd can tini They are
ike the sweet. drwV violet. hidden AWAY
under the rubbish of brush ana leaves. A
casual Obs, rycr VIII never suspect tn ->e 10
be there - human nature i often pre-
~cmted to b, entirely deprtvcd- Ola. if only
these hard souls would do something for
these con l,nmeI on-~-~p pmr;hing which
would clll-- the tprr q rell -rlf-denial-
Iow mach lov,li,.r might They not become
to hi- SIGHT, Hsrr qualities MAY be dis
covered In r.. Who-t- Existence Ms never
dreamed
And X We recommend .-harity-the
largest chlri1v. Many ~oll~ III. ont of all
moral cool every vear hrr..l~p. they are
no. appreciated i d1ln1-in- tr;ti, may
rhanr,- - ~t7nl "l;mo-t upon certain
nature. conr,3linr m;-h Of real worth
which actually eNi-t- \ toe hn,t~tful self
conf len -,. Il t,o ready rrprrjcc. an over
weeninr love Of display. often has caused
prejudice towards :, person who has rare
rNc'lrnc-~ OF character. w all need
| the kimdlc-t consideration tDr one another,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

= The simple truth i that the whole syS
TEN Of recent railroad construction in the
west WAS dishonest and Rotten I" the very
core The only people who made ANYTHING
by it are th" people of tho wc~t-thev Sc
cured their railroad system. and. curiou>lv
enough. il i th,v who arr l"ud,~t in their
complaints over the results Three hum
,lrcd millions of external capitrl, upon
which not one cent of interest i now paid.
have within the la>t few years been applied
IL western railroad construction. 1t l. all
there. ana cannot h" removed Yet the
race of unthrfj~ WHO have thus stripped
themselves of their Substance in Il feveri>h
pursuit of rain are n"w ti'.rccly denounced
Il -"ra~pinr capitalists hy those who
alone ENJOY an assured Use of the wealth,
without III unpleasant necessity of paving
interest therefor The bubble. however,
i burst. and il will probably be- some years
before the hardy pioneer # the west is
again b1rlened l,y a too Great ra-crne-s
on TIL part Of thr ca-t 10 develop hi9 means
of tram -portatiom.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
Y MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.
aMistcllanu.
,.o;ln's Choice.

,.oiln's Choice. {,
.lr,rn was a wealthy and ecccn-
<1 England farmer, owner in fee :
many broad and fertile acres of !
lud, and the proud parent Of
,.., -an. now near grown, who in ,
..-. had been designated by the not +
a, uuhcard-of name of John. {
John Jansen had been brought up
... careful and proper manner, and {
.i..-torc not to be wondered ut that {
-.sy more mature, he WAS regarded
.. Exemplary Young man by those |
~ him infinitely. He was sober
.. -,-triuu- in his habits, cultivated t
....J in his tastes. with Il disposition
.-,nr and prosper in the world.
.. ...n..r hld done before him.
... -. ,1nr came when he WIS one and
This j. a remarkable episode in
of most Young men, when fully
....o parental restraint by the con-
..sfthr law. they think they know
b. and subsequently learn that they
i.tt.c.
.... possibly. Peter, the porc. regarded
.. in hi son, life with rs great
. a- dill John. the Junior, for certain
.. Shortly thereafter he summoned
uln into his presence for a
.-..t, conversation.
Il. .. Jul.u. h. said, II how does it
..ouc and twenty?
"''N '''ii | st, a. !. any
from any "''' - ''''''
T. CYL ','' "''l' .'!O
--l -t''~-- suppose iIie llcN' 'i'ilir'
.. ,.ahHihS "l Will De 9e''i'i7 iii'''
.f.:
+- III IL. lH'''7'l' VI ~ Il '' ''''''7
iA'-.
Mf- rl- "''!' YOU t, "|'''I "
.-- -r,tih@ M;irifd TIC, l. 'o0"' u III
..hn[ Il VIII ever h'lI'-' "
-. -HFl''>@ 80
SIP" .-.. -. suppose 50? N"" II A1oW
h. Well. '9ilh' Eon are o'''
at-Ih - tillhh >tIi'i,l! "''"l
'rr. am gong l" htN' 20"
.- a1"1nI unsettled" ana ''i,.'t,l''H Ia
...at~ and rifr'cter- NoW' th'
... NoI pick Yourself o4l 4 VIE ana
'"H The better Niii,' "u' my o'V'
a-.n@ three OF ioor ol l!1', p',,' ';''I-
H. In -" M your "IH' ''''H' ! Il
Foolish WhcirI. lof young men /"
g. NuW. dion propose To- nave
,anv'hin@ Of the kind and II Y""
~. I"a won have Il harvest ol ,Li'IN
son A. YOU pick yourself 9ut a
d.. ami industrious little wife, We Il
.turu to rive You. an'! enough to set
.' in rea~onab!e >tYie' NoI uilIet-
l,-. III.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
lee in India.

oi the way in which ice is made in India
We are told hy NJ +. Edwards. in 81;
Nafo'l> for >rp.rmhcr:
In the warm countries of Europe ice i~
hy the Use of ether but this
would hr 4 very costly process in India.
anI would placct entirely out ofthe reach
Of the mass of the people. Their own
method for manufacturing ice, although Il
slow one, is very simple. and costs nothing.
Thrv have discovered by observation
wha, v" are taught in natural philosophy.
that during the day the earth ab>orb> heat
and during the might il gives il out-or. to
-p-ak mor, properly, rn{du.S heat. This
j. much more noticeable in tropical than
IN temp rate countries. They know also
bv experience that. in order To enjoy the
GOODNESS OF night. they must avoid the
~llad" OF trees. and lie "ut in open places,
The reason of this. perhaps, they do not
know. which i that the branches of the
trees Interfere with this radiation. With
out reasoning on these facts. the East
Indian acts upon them. and uses his knowl-
ell" of them in manufacturing ice.
:" In an open space. where there are no
trees parallel bitches are dug in the ground
three or four feet deep. These are half
filled with straw. and nets are stretched
over them. On these nets are placed small
raIthcn ~aurcr>. holding about Il winc-gla
of water. There is nothing more to bt
done but to wait for 4 clear. starry an,
perfectly calm niWht. When such Il nirh
arrives the little >luccr> are filled Will
water i'll the evening, which water bN
four O'Clock in the morning is found to b,
covered with u thin coating of ice, The>,
cakes Of lee are very small. it is true. bl
when they are all thrown together into tn,
ice houses under the ground. they form
themselves into masses of quite a rcSpecta
BILE size. in theS" primitive icc-hou>eS tn,
ice keeps lur some time.
The straw is placed in the bitches be
c;iII,c it j. Il hI.l conductor of heat. and hV
it> means the s:,ucrr- of water are separate,
from the ground. and receive little or II,
heat from il. The water. therefore. give
on more heat than it receives, SO that it
temperature is continually lowered unit
it reaches the freezing point, when ii, G
course. becomes ice.
= This Ice i~ more or less mixed wit
bits Of straw and with duSt. 1t cannot b
used to pat into liquids, bat placed aroun
them makes them dclightfully cool and re
fre>ling, and we can well imagine what
luxury it must be in this torrid region"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

ROBINSON CRU soE'S ISLAND--CruSoe' :
island is to-day Il little paradise Lord
planted there. on one of his voyages. apples
peaches, grapes, plum>, strawberries, and
several kinds of vegetables The number
OF the latter was increased by u Scotch
man. David Douglass, who landed on the
island in 1928. He was not Il little astonish-
ed to find Il hermit there. who had been on
the island five years. On the second day
he was not Il little surprised to see a man
suddenly emerge from Il clllmp of bushes
and approach him. He looked upon him
self rs Cru>Oc successor. although he did
not occupy the historical cave. having built
himself u hut of stones ana sods, roofing it
with the straw of wild oats. As cooking
utensils, he possessed only single iron
pot the bottom of which, one unfortunate
dav. had fallen ont. This damage he had.
however, had the ingenuity to repair with
Il wooden bottom; but now he WAS com
PEELED to place his pot in the ground and
build n fire around it. This nuns name
was William Clark, AMI he came from
London. lie had few books, and among
them there was u copy of Robinson
Crusoe's adventures, and of Cowper's S
poems. He called Douglass attention
especially to the well-known poem begin
ming:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07
Arkansas Bill.

Ills ACCOUNT OF \ TERRIBLE ENcOUNrEI:
WITH \ BEAR-A TOIISoME JOURNEY,
BEARING HIS WOUNDED COMPANION.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-07

once norc-wIil tho wIon=ar at TIM lat of all
Dare / say, dri wrong, rising IN hI~ ftI!
Not-Lct 20 then-botn The ii-htcr- to helr places,
Whi.e cpunt thice, -trp ynu b ok Il my PAGES.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-13
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ATTORNEYS.

G, +. PERKINS, fi'
A TTORNEY AT LAW-AGENTr FOR THE
"A Sale and Leasing Of Real Estate-Qaiee IN
Eagle Block ...r ... tebZll3. /
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-13
Se1ert Misreuatg.
WHEN TO CUT GRAIN.

The period Of ripening of grain is that
at which the grain contains the largest
portion of nutriment. 1t is not that at
which the grain is hardest or of the
brightest COLOR or parts most readily from
the capsule or envelope in which it is
contained. Indeed, a considerable part
of the ripening process should take place
in the shock or the stack. Ifit is allow
ed to ripen, or, in other words, dry and
harden completely while standing, the
grain loses much of its nutritive proper
critics. As in clover, hay, or grass, a large
portion of the sugar, starch, and gum is
changed into woody fibre by standing
after certain period, so grain is deteri-
Grated by oyer-ripening. The husk be-
comes developed at the expense OF the
kernel, and the yield of -four from over
ripe wheat is less than from that cut IN
the proper season. My own practice has
been to watch the fields closely, espec-
ially around the outside or along the fen
ces, because it is there that the grain r.
pens first. As soon as / find that the
grain shells readily and has taken fine
white straw color, and when crushed be-
TWEEN the edges of the nails Of the thumb
and forefnger produces a powdery
starchy substance, which is in no way
pasty or doughty, turn in the reaper al
once. If the grain is left until it is toe
hard to be easily crushed in this way, il
is too ripe and its quality is inferior
From my experience in milling, as vel
as farming, / am satisfied that it is best
for the miller as well as the farmer thai
wheat, rye, oats, or barley should be GU
at the precise point here described
When the season is drier than usual J
would hasten the period somewhat. ~
Pqsngluqpia Fa5Elr ip the ReH Y8rk 1Fi
bltn6l y Z la s,l1 9h h9iaN s3ui sla1D b1oJna
h. Il" fyfdf -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-13

DR.. MARY wALKzH is an afflicted PAN
talunatie.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-13

Der the distant hills came Cromwell Bessie sees
him, and her brow,
Full OF hope and full Of gladness, has no anxious
traces now. '
At the feet she tells her story shows her hands all
bruised and torn;
And her face so sweet and pleading, yet with sOr-
row pale and worn,
Touched his heart with sudden pity, lii his eye
with misty light
"Go your lover lives" said Cromwell,
"CurfeW shall not ring tonight"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-08-13
I'm INDIANA lER0LITE.

rKnightstown cor. indianapolis Journal.l
On Monday, August Sd, while Mr.. j.
Weaver and his son Frank were stand
ing, the former in the door of his drug
store, the latter afew feet in front OF the
door, they were suddenly startled by a
small stohe falling violently on the flag
pavement, few feet from them. The
great force with which it struck and the
direction from which it came, together
with the absence Of any one near enough
at the time, removed the suspicion Of its
having been thrown from a. sling or
by hand. Frank Weaver then picked
up a fragment of the stone, which had
been broken by its collision with the
pavement, and to his surprise found it
SO hot that he was compelled to drop it
suddenly. His father next picked it up,
but it was still so hot that he succeeded
in carrying it into his house only by
shifting it rapidly from one hand to the
other. The violence with whichit struck
the pavement, together with the great
heat to which it was raised, at once
proved it to be a small erolite. Where
it struck the peyement it was broken in
to not less than three pieces, but two of
which have as yet been found. These
two pieces fit together in such way as
to show that they were broken Off OF a
still larger piece. The size of these two
pieces, taken together, is perhaps not
over third of cubic inch, and is very
irregular in shape.
It is dark copper color, and its spe-
cific gravity, 1 think, is about double that
of oak wood. Between the years 1901
and 1872 we have about twenty well-au
thenticated cases in which @rolites have
fallen in the United States. In thC
month of May, 1860, a large one exploded
over Eastern Ohio, and fromit descended
a shower of stones whose entire weigh
was estimated at seven hundred pounds
These bodies are supposed to be small
masses of matter revolving in regular or
bits around the sun, and governed by tn
same laws that regulate the larger bodie
of the solar system.
Some of these orbits are situated i
such way that they seem to cross tn
earth's path, and when these two bodie
happen at this crossing at the same tint
collision is the result. The rapidit
with which they move through tn
earth's atmosphere generally causes thel
to either melt or explode into small tras
ments before reaching the earth's SUI
face. We have no account OF any
these bodies ever having struck any on
in their fall. This one, however, misse
one of the above named gentlemen onl
by about six feet.