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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

A DEVOTED WIFE-The wife of John
Comstock, the diScoverer of the great
Comstock mine at Virginia CITY. has been
making a tour of the Territories. in quest
of information concerning her husband,
who loft her over twenty years ago Twice
or thrice he WAS reported dead. and each
time the report waS contradicted. until
his wifi. was unprepared to believe him
either dead or alive. About month ago
-he started out on a trip of inquiry and
discovery. She went up into Montana,
where she found the proofs of his death.
He had driftcd. it seems, into the Sweet
water (Wvoming) mines. and left there
with the Big Horn expedition in 1871.
The expedition failing of its object. was
di>banded. some returning TO the railroad
and the remaining going on through the
Yellowstone region into Montana Com
stock reached Bozcman sick, discouraged
and pennileSs. He often pointed 10 his
discovery the Com>tock, then producing
lis SO. 600, 900 annually, and the thought
seemed to bring dependency. One day.
in the spring of 1871, he borrowed 4 pistol
from a Mr. DillabIr. a shoemaker and
stepping outside the shop lodged a bullet
in his brain. He left no property of anv
kind. and the expense of his burial. which
was quietly conducted. was shared among
Il few friends. Mrs. Comstock has found
his grave. and. being possessed of means
left her hv her father. proposes to remove
the remains TO her present home. some
where in the States Rocky Hou,atain
NcrS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

PRINCE MURAT IN FLORIDA. A.-ColOnel
Murat for knew him rs colonel as well
as prince was a man of singular resources
in dietetics rs in many other matters. One
dav, on occasion of the unexpected arrival
of guests, he, discovering the larder to be
rather empty, and finding the embarrass-
ment Of the menage aggravated by the
consciousness of Madame's absence, Or
dered all ears and tails to be cut from his
hogs, allowing their swineships to roam
again at large, while these appendages lay
seething in the cuisine preparatory to a
most savory meal :" a pity" declaring
the master of Lipona, that hogs could
not be all heads and tails.
His want of personal neatness was, none
could doubt, a most trying source of an
noyance to his sensitive wife, for had it
not been for the constant attendance of his
faithful valet, William, his presence at
times would scarcely have been endurable.
1t was his boast that he never removed
his boots from their first days use until
thew were worn out and without some
stratagem practiced on him, it is believed
that he would never have changed his
clothing.
On one occasion-during the season of
sugar making-Monsieurl lie Prince had the
misfortune to fall into vat Of syrup some
degrees above the Fahrenheit estimate OF
temperature. The bystanders stood aghast.
or rushed excitedly to the rescue; his own
only thought of the situation, AS he after
ward expressed it, was, Kate will make
me wash" The distasteful fluid, water, he
declared was only intended for beasts o.
the field, and he never drank it unless wei
disguised with brandy.-7he Galary to'
June.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08
AN OLD NEW BRUNSWICK TURTLE.

AN OLD New BRUNSWICK TURTLE
The vertabe father of the turtles in this
Province, has made his appearance in
Kings county, with the weight of centu-
ries upon his wrinkled shell. A few days
ago, while Mr.. Edward McLord was row.
ing along the banks of the kennebeccasis
he found shell turtle, and with a natural
desire to secure it for further examination
took some trouble to catch it. He cxpec-
ted to find an ordinary shell turtle, but he
secured walking dictionary of dates.
The back of the turtle was quantity in
scribed with facts and figures craven
thereon long years ago, and apparently
added to from time to time during the past
century. Scarcely discernible, except up
on close examination, were some hero
| glypbics of the ancient denizens of the
forest. The bow and arrow was the most
conspicuous among these, and it was evi-
dent that the shell had borne other abort
ginal devices, now nearly obliterated. The
marks made 10y the early white settlers
were much more plain. The first of these
inscriptions reads, g Caught in 179O after
a great freshct" The next chronological
record is, Caught in 1901" and from
time to time the turtle appears to have
been caught and marked by its captors.
The intervals between the dates range
| from three to five years. The shell is
almost completely covered with these in
scriptions.
1t would seem that this turtle was no
fraud marked as hoax by some modern
reprobates, for men Of fourscore living at
Millstream remember having heard their
fathers speak of this marked turtle, which
even in the days of the early settlers was
considered an old animal.-.S. John Tclc
graph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08
More Copy.
The following is 4 parody on Poe's RI,

The following is L parody on Poe's Raw =
en-:
Once in August, wet and drearv sat this
writer. weak and weary, pondering Ger Il
memorandum book of items used before
book of scrawling head notes rather items.
taking days to gather, in hot and sultrv
weather, using up much time and leather
pondcrcd we these items DER. While We
conn'd them slowly rocking (through our
mind queer ideas fiocking) came Il quick
and nervous knocking at the
sanctum door. Sure that it must be Jink>,
we muttered-" Jinks that's knocking at
our door: JinkS, the everlasting bore.
All. we'll do we remind us. in the walls
which then confined us. the exchanges
Law before us, and behind us, and around
all DER the floor Thinks we. .Jinks
wants to borrow some newspapers till to-
morrow" and twill be relief from sorrow
to get rid of Jinks" the bore. bv opening
wide the door. Still the visitor kept
knocking knocking ut the door. And
the scattered piles of papers lifted by the
breezes coming through another door: and
we wished Che wish was evil for one
deemed always civil that Jinks WAS ut the
devil. to stay there evermore; there to find
his level-Jinks the never untirinr bore
Bracing up our patience tirmer. then with
out another murmur: Mr. Jinks, Your
pardon. your forgiveness we implore: but
the fact is we were reading of some Gu
rious proceeding, and thus it was unheed-
ing vour loud knocking there before
Here we opened wide the door. But
phancv now our pheclinks-for it wasn't
Jinks, the bore-Jinks, nameless ever
more. But the form that stood before US.
caused trembling to come ore Us, and
memory bore us back again to the days of
vore days when items We're in plentv.and
wherc'ec this writer went he picked up in
teresting items by the score Twas the
form of our own devil" in an attitude
uncivil; and he thru, his head within the
open door, with. TIE fnreman'- out o;
copy, sir. and h. snvs he wants some
more Yes, like AleXan'lc wanted more
Now. this local had already walked
about till nearly dead-he had siuntered
through the city till his feet were very
sore-walked through the street called
| Dauphin. and the bvwavs running off into
the portion of the city both public and Sc
cure; examined store and cellar. queS-
toned every feller' whom he met. from
door to door. if any thing was stirring
any accident occurring-not published
heretofore-and met with no success; he
would rather guess he felt little wicked
at this ugly bore. with his message from
the foreman that he wanted " somethin:
more" Now. its time You were depart
ing. ycu scamp" cried we, up starting
:. get YOU back into the office-office wher'
YOU were hefore-or the words which vo'
have spoken will get your bones AL brok
en-" (and we seized cuigcl oakcn. tha
was living on the tloor). = Take y"ur hand
ont of Your pockets, and leave the Sanctun
door; tell the foreman there's no copy
YOU ugly little bore Quoth the devi
:. send him more And our devil ncvc
sitting. still is fitting back and forth upo
the landing just outside the sanctum boor
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

victim of a ludicrous mistake. The police
accused him of refusing to give his name;
but it is quite possible that on giving it
they may have misunderstood him to say
Che" what?" and on repeating the
question he may have answered " Kay,
Kay" twice over to emphasize it. This
would have exactly the same sound as che,
che. words which. when pronounced
quickly together, are not only the equiva-
lent for {" pooh-pooh," but being in very
common use in that part of the country
as an off -hand expression of dissent, may
have seemed to the police a contemptuous
manner of setting their brief authority at
naught, and sufficient to merit imprison-
ment for the night. ht.-London Times Letter
from Rome
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

TIE HABIrS OF BLACK BAsS.-Thev
pair and spawn in May. make their nests
on beds of coarse sand or gravel. in from
four to six feet of water, by tanning the
pebbles clean and smooth with their fins
and tails. and then deposit their eg->
Two or three weeks, according to the
temperature of the water. elapSe before the
eggs hatch. The Matching is almost in
Startaneous, the Young coming out Il per-
feet fish about half m inch long. After
hatch ". the Young remain several dav>-
over the spawning beds, while the old ones
keep close by to protect them. In about a
week the Young scatter. mostly into deep
water. and are not seen again until sep
tembcr. when they come in shore having
grown abont two inches in length. If
we'll supplied with food, they grow about
four inches the first season. When two
wears old they reach Il pound in weight
and after that grow about Il pound each
wear. until they weigh six or eight
pounds.
They are, moreover, enormously pro-
| life, fish yielding from twenty to thirty
! thousand spawn 10 the pound.
The bass is Il gamey fish; when hooked
he dives to the bottom. then turns and
rushcs like an arrow to the top. sometimes
| lrapnr three or four feet into the air. then
plunwes down again, shaking and twisting
bending and often breaking a stout pol,
like a reed or swapping Il silk line like Z
mere thread. After three OF four plun Ge.
he becomes exhausted. and may then be
hauled in. The manner of fishing fol
black bass is with the fly or by trolling
with q long line. though sinking in tel
| on. fifteen feet of water, with worms a
minnow for bait. is favoritc metho,
with some, particularly in autumn fishing
10. Uhit,ay, .AS1burnh0n, Mass
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

TTTTLE x Co. RUTLAND.-The August
number of the -4nierican StatiOncr, pub
iished in New York, contains an extended
notice of the extensive stationery and print
ing establishment of Tuttle & Co., of Rut-
land.
The firm consists at present of Geo. A.
Tuttle and his sons. Harley c. Tuttle and
Egbert G. Tuttle. Mr.. G. A. Tuttle. in 1910,
at the age of twenty-four. went to Rut-
land, and took charge of the business and
mechanical department of the Rutland
Weekly Herald, which position he held until
1850, when he withdraw from that con-
Germ, and started 4 general job printing
office. book store. and bindery
In 1856. Mr.. Tuttle purchased the Herald
with which he was connected until 1871.
Since then, the paper has been transferred
to the q Herald Association" while Tuttle
& Co, have their hands full in this pub
fishing. book-binding, printing. stationery
and iobbing business. They are the only
jobbers of wall papers and curtains in the
State. They also job MANILA, straw and
white wrapping papers, -four sacks. bags,
twine, blank books. writing papers, envel-
opes, ink, school books, &C., &C., i'm fact
everything pertaining to a first-class house
; They do also, of course, large retail
business; and as an enterprising, active
and liberal firm, We are always glad &c
note the signs Of their prosperity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

to mention one of the great wonders of
the place. the Long Gallery, or Via Mala."
This is, rs it We're, suspended almost in
mid-air, and is about one hundred wards
long. but on placing your foot on it, is found
as solid as the rock itself Tourists who
have visited Europe recently, state that
no place in Switzerland equals this, and
that no where in the same limits as to
time and labor, can so much wild, pic
turesque scenery be enjoyed. Mr. Prang,
the celebrated Chrome Publisher of Bos-
ton, on passing through the Chasm, said,
=" no place in Europe or America equals
this, he having seen all the CANYONS in
Colorado and Yosemite valley.
Leaving Smugglers' Pass, we soon reach
a place that is curiously adapted to its
name" Tie Post Office" Here, sheltered
by overhaDging rocks ARE cells or chambers
III which visitors place their cards, and a
pleasant surprise is often created when par
ties find cards of their friends who have
passed through before. Passing along
rock galleries and up and down stairways,
in a short time we reach The Boat Ride
opposite to which is Cathedral's Gorge,
Table Rock, the Anvil, etc Entering the
boat. which is a safe, broad. flat-bottomed
one, capable of carrying dozen, we glide
down the stream This is the ride par excel.
lence,-ln every way unique. Imagine 4
stream reduced in one place to ten feet in
width with water 60 feet deep, rocks tow
ering 40 feet above. with the strata Of
rock dipping, as though you were passing
down steep hill. We pass down about
400 yards, shooting a small rapid by the
way ,and glide out into 4 dark cool looking
pool, with wild canyon on each side, ant
mounting the stairs,a out in the open air
after three hours of grand enjoyment.
In my next will speak of the chasm a!
grandly Illuminated by bonfires and Greek
lights. r. NJ. McINTosH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

ANECEOTE or DANIEL O'CoNNFLI.-
One of the most effective weapons of
O'Connell WIS his wit which was ALWAYS
ut his command. There are hundreds of
stories detailing instances of his power in
this respect One of these is n story where
the victim was DIR. Russell. known in this
country aS =. Bull Run Russell" the famous
correspondent of the London Times. On
one occasion. when OConnell WAS To ad-
dress monster meeting in Ireland, Rus
sell was sent over by the Times TO report
|O'Connell's speech. the purpose being to
ret evidence that could be used against him
in case that he should utter language crpa-
bic of being interpreted As seditiou>.
By O'Connelrs advice Russell was pro
vided with every possible facility for hi
work III" was assigned Il seat near OCon
nell. where he could hear every word
O'Connell. before beginning his speech
in formed the thousands of people presen
that there was Il very able Engli>hmar
present who came all the way from Eng
land to report his speech that it was to b,
printed in the London Times, and that tht
gentleman was very desirous to get an nc
curate report, SO that he could swear to i
! if necessary. He therefore appealed t,
the Irish present to be quiet and orderly
to make no noise, and to do nothing th:l
could disturb the English gentleman. o.
cause him to lose Il word of the speech t
which he was to swear.
| During these remarks he pointed on
Mr. Russell personally. who WAS placed Sc
con>picuously rs to be easily Seen hy all
Then. turning to Mr.. Russell, he aske'
him if there was anything he needed, if h
was comfortably seated. if his pens wer
in order, and if he We're ready to begin
Bv this time Russell had become the mos
interesting and conspicuous man in tn
crowd. Again appealing to the crowd t
become quiet, and let the gentleman ge
such report as he could swear to. he in
formed Russell that he was about to begin
Russell dipped his pen in ink and O'Conne
began his Or:,tiOn-in Irish.
The multitude saw the joke, and Russel
was painfully impressed with the know
edge that he was laughed at. At interval
IOConnell would appeal in English to tn
crowd to be silent, rs the English gentl,
man did not seem TO get along very wei
and would not be able to swear to the ~
curacy of the report. Every moment mad
Russelrs position more painful, until ;
last, mortified and humiliated at the exp'
sure of the real purpose of his visit, and
its defeat. he rose from bis seal. left Il
meeting, and quilted Iceland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

\ wonderful story * the experience OF
Mrs. G.. l.. Sproat and her three little chill
dren ne1r Delhi, n. Y, on the 24th Be-
ing overtaken by q storm, they took refuge
in deserted saw-mill on Falls creek, but
its foundations had been so undermined by
the rise in the stream that their weight
toppled it over into the torrent, and they
were carried over Il fall, forty feet high.
Just as they went over. Mr.. Sproat hap.
pened to come up, and knowing that there
was another fall of thirty feet short dis.
tance below. ran to see the mill 90 ovel
that, ignorant that his family were in peril
but, when the pieces into which it hat
been bro%en by the first plunge reached
the second fall. he saw his wife and children
struggling among the timbers. Runnin.
to narrow gorge in the stream, a littl'
farther down, he drew out his wife an,
two of the children as they were swep
along; the third was drowned.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08
Centennial Stockings.

Miss Celia Logan contributes to the
New York Gru1,hic the following pleas
ant sketch:
a few years AGO was in London, and
wishing to purchase some extra good silk
stockings | was recommended TO a manu-
facturer of those articles doing business
in one of the side streets of Regent street.
1t was small store. but had an air of
antiquity about it. The proprietor told
me that it had been established more
than a century. and kept by his ancestry.
| found fault with the thinneSs of the
stockings he showed me.
They're as good as You can get any
where now-a-dlvs," he said. Silk stock
ings are not what they were hundred
years ago"
"How do YOU know?' I asked.
by this" he answered. taking dowr
small box. These stockings were
made Il hundred years ago. and there
not such another p,ir in the whole stock
ing trade The Princess Mary herscl
[now Princess Teck could not get them.
"IIas she any greater facilities for obtain
. inc stockings than any other LADY,"
We'll, YOU see,' was the reply, " hel
calf is so large that she has to have al
her stockings made to order, and any
thing special is usually sent to her; bu
she couldn't buy these stockings-no, no
for any money, for they belonged to a
ancestreSs Of mine Feel them.
They were us heavy rs wool, and mad
of the strongest but finest silk. of dra
color that extended to the ankle. whicl
had been white, but WAS now discolore
by time. They had lever been worn.
" And look" he said" at the lacing'
. What would the Princess give for tn;
ihea?'
From the toe to the knee and from ii
heel up ran two silk cords. This douhl
llcing was of course for the purpose of cI
larging or tightening the stockings.
Upon my doubling their antiquity the h
sier showed me the inner side of the her
: in Which was quantity interviewer the
, words,
Elizabeth DAVIS, l715.'
He tod me her story. She was b
| ereat, great grandmother. She had be-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

PER1Ls OF STRANGERS IN 1TALY.-Sincc
the commencement of The present year
several cases have occurred of English
travellers in Italy having suffered arbitra
rv arrest and imprisonment. a Rev. MIR.
Allies and his hrother, walking along the
road near the Cantine on this side of the
Great st. Bernard, were stopped by two
Carabinicri. questioned somewhat rudely,
and Mr.. Allies impudently answering in
kind, was handcutfed, and his brother told
TO 90 about his business. Refusing to
leave his brother, he was arrested also,
though without, rs far as l remember the
circumstances, being handcuffed III the
same manner. They were taken to ttroub-
les, kept in prison all night. and the next
morning were handcutfed to each other
and marched off like common malefact-
ors TO Aosta. There, after being put to
considerable trouble, they were admitted
to bail until an action brought against the
Rev. Mr. Allies for resisting the public
authorities and using improper language
TO them was decided; an action IN which
he was finally condemned to pay tine OF
100 francs. As Englishmen are not re-
Guired to exhibit passports when travel
ling in Italy. they were, as matter OF
course. unprovided in this respect; but
Rev. Mr.. Allies who is a Roman Cathollc,
had Iii, bishops celebrate" with HIM,
and they had other paper. all OF whlch'
however, were considered insufficient by
the Carabinieri. The next case was that
of the Rev. David Kay, Protestant
clergyman He was travelling in public
conveyance, and on its stopping for
short time at u place called Avenza, neal
Cnrrora hp UOt ont to STREET en- his lees. AS
he was walking up and down, the suspi-
cions of some over-zealous gendarmes were
aroused They questioned him, but his an
swers were not satisfactory; they demanded
his papers. bat unfortunately he had none
and was obliged to suffer the inconvenience
of being locked up all night, to be taken be
fore the authorities the next morning ant
released. In all probability he was th'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

Mr.. P. T. Barnum has recently paid
$4,000 for living hippopotamus, for his
travelling menagerie. This animal was
caught in the river Nile when quite young
and was brought over the great desert on
the back of camel. accompanied by a
drove of goats to supply it with milk. SO
difficult is it to get one of the curious ami
mails into Europe alive. Only one has
ever before reached America. although
during the fifteen years Mr.. Barnnm has
made standing offer of $4,000 in gold
for full grown hippopotamus. The pre-
sent animal will nearly attain its growth
by April next, but being now under size
ONLY $4,000 was paid for it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-08

a ROMANCE OF TIE COURTS.-An eXclt-
inc scene was Witnessed in New Orleans
court room, the other day, the leading ac-
tors of which were II mother and child and
q charitable lady. Some five months ago
Mr.. Charles Astelle picked out of the
street Il half starved little girl Of about
seven years of AGE. This little waif of hui
manitv was seemingly drifting about the
city, without friends or Il home. She was
kindly cared for by Mrs. Astclle, and be-
came warmly attached to her and her fam
ilv About three months ago the mother
Of the waif came to the surface and visited
the child. At first she was satisfied to
allow her to remain in the home she had
found. but as time passed on she desired
possession of the child Mrs Astelle raised
no objection further than to advise that the
child be allowed to remain where she was.
The mother was memorable, and deter
mined t. have her. In this she was foiled
as the child refused to 90 with the mother
and the mother was not strong enough tC
take her bv force. AS a last resort, the
mother. Pauline Gravies, applied for q
writ of habeas corpus for her child. Cecile.
! During the hearing of the case in court
last week the child broke out into a viOlen
sObbing, and. with tears streaming from
her eyes begged the Judge in piteous tones
not to give her to her mother. The little
one said that her mother drank whiskey
and abused her, and she was afraid of her
The judges sympathies We're with the
child, but he felt that he must obey th'
law, and 50 decided that the mother shoul,
have the child The mother advanced t.
take her child. The child sprang from he
chair and fled. screaming with terror t.
the Judge She grasped his arm and clun!
to him sobbng, begging. pleading tina
he would protect her. The Judge coul'
stand it no longer. His humanity over
balanced his respect for the law, and h
reversed his decision and commanded tn
child to be placed in charge of the youn!
lady who had brought her into court.