Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-20


ting alonga How shall good citizens vote:
ION know all about the American Eagie.
md can interpret every scream thai pierc's
he clouds above and conclaves below:
Inst tell us whit is going on? Who will
,,. the next president and what will i}e his
,oitcal practices?
In nv retired home in the backwoodS, ]
ret only occasional and partial glimpse>
f the great wheel, whose hub is the
White House" l need cnlightening and
hope YOU will shine into these distant
parts.
Did you ever meet with Il sample Of ''th,
rrnk and file?' found one in this out-o-
he-wav place last week In order to di~-
ngui>h him. will call him by that rar'
ntme. Smith. t ink he ought to be pr'-
rived There is fortune in him for an,
nan who will lay him away till TIL
rood time comng' and then bring hiln
out. The museums would pay richly fol
lin. This is Smith, to wit " am a dem
nrrat myself bnt don't read politics. !
won't read 'um."
Well Why is it unnece sary for Smith
the democrat, to read politics? This is tn,
conundrum. l confess hat it bothered NJ,
20 understand how such Il man could he ::
Christian. thought of taking the matte
before the church. But at last reached q
satisfactory conclusion. Smith is remark
ably con>ccntious--e specially is he prin-
ripld against lying-and he won't read
| politics ''brcause they are I'll lies Sain
Of democracy, Smith ought to be pres
cent
OF all names, 9 Dem crat " is the ON,
so rich and immaculate. and it is prrcn-
| nial, The Pope himself is less inftlIibll
right. and less given TO change. Other
names come and 20, other parties rise an,;
fl, hut majestic pure dem cracv, Ike
| haritv never f,iltth " 1t is Jack -onian
forever, And this is an advantage to my
| fl lend Smith He has no neel of the rl
prrs. He lives in a world where OLD i>su, :
never die and new questions are ncv,i
raised. Happy Smith.
What is the meaning OF bard monc'
and soft money? l. il true that money j.
to elect the next president? Which Kind
of money is letter? Will it make any diff
Ter nee which Kind ,lcc,s the president?
And what has become of the Republican,
party? Which kind of money do the ID, N
orrats use? | suppose one party is goin9
to use all ''hard MONEY and the other all
= soft Now have been working for >,
Democrat and am anxious for the q0oa
money. Which money will buy more
bread and meat Tor u poor man and his
family? Perhaps neither party has foun
out the best kind of money.
| And what is the matter in Boston,
heard that Nlnys uorc sick there 1t i
Jug sickness, suppose. They do say thai
this disease has been very bad down thcr,
and is growing worse. guess it will Iii
he patient, don't voL? most killed hin
last year. And what if it is catching?
They say it is. And am afraid every
body Is getting exposed Well. il i,
awful. A good many epidemics hay,
started in Boston, l am afraid tn,
shadow of Bunker Hill monument breeds
disease. If hingS 90 on in this way there
will be no jng any here in all the land OF
the stars III Il stripes until Toombs CALI
his Slave roll somcUh.rc. Is Il Jug Re
publican better than a jug Democrat
The jug has already been the ruin OF
whole armies, and it looks likely to ruin
both parties.
This jag question has only just stepped
into politics and its debut raises laurh
DO You remember some thirty five wear,
go. OF Whereabouts, when some three hln1-
dred a1d fifty men in all Vermont THREW
AWAY their vot"s? Yon printed the
whole list ut the time. | wish YOU would
print the noble ntmcS again and let the
olld look at them through its new spcct;,-
rles. "Who laughs last &c The anti
Iiu"gist will also have his dav to laugh. and
how many will laugh with h m? Even
my friend Smith, the " Democrat him.
self, will b. on hand ut tn. side splitting.
and no one will di>pue that he was al
ways in favor Of aboli,hing "-intemp, T.
anct.
| heard Of a little earthquake down in
Jersey and another out in 'lio soon after
Whit wa, it that col ap>ed? Was anvboiy
hurt? | began to think the shock miuh,
be all along tie line Didn't know
but some tall gun-pow,lcr plot was con
mmaling. Looked round to see if the
Eagle looked timid. Felt anxious about
the family that should next rent Uncle
Slmuers white tenement. Guess however
the explosion was premature Mt il ?
But perhaps it will come again Mayht
there are magazines that did not eat, h
1t done n, all it will be done with tn,
really going on in the hearts and heads u
the children? Tn is ju-, it, Nohod,
know, except those who do know. The
State of Vermont has several lbousan,
children VIII are daily withdrawn from
public g,ZA and nobody knows he lesson.
learned them day hy day Had Mt til,
81 tie of Vermont better look m and see
The State may and should compel the
education Of every we'll child On hi.
principle it has Il right to know and i,
criminal in neylectiny to k1aoU the iuSid,
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