Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

have disappeared before them and farmers are en-
oe'Vofidg to save what is possible. The loss Will
be very heavy to them.
A"e III" postal m oneyorer system between
canada and the United States was inaugurated on
"u' su"y' oS the postal superintendent at Wash
'nston sending to the official head of the money
order department at Ottawa a remittance of 4,
win arequest to spend it as he thought it,
Moh'ceilo va, seems to have hit upon horri
Die novelty At the execution there on the 9th nit
OF one Brown, small rope was attached to tho
oroP' Iand connected with the tongue of the Cont
House bell. that at the instant the moor
dropped, the fact was announced to the whole ,ov
| by one solemn note.
The transatlantic infant has n pecu,iar mod, 90.
crying in series of sharp, spasmodic veins va,v
| dInerent from the sOstenu:o howl of the Rrit,sb
| Dantllng; anu with information as though it wero
prematurely striving to recite the Declaration of
independence with its mouth full of pea nuts and
pop-corn.-L London Telegraph.
| Miss Agnes Livingstone, ldest daughter of the
distinguished African explorer. married on the
18th of July at Hamilton, Scotland. The ceremony
| was performed by the Rev. DIR. Mufat granJfatbn
of the bride. The presents were numerous and
| varied. and the donors included peers, members
OF Parliament and friends in all other ranks OF
| society.
Ex-Ireasurcr Parker, Of South Carolina against
whom verdict of $15 900 were recently rendered
IN a SUIT growing out of his official frauds and em
bezzlements, and who was In Columbia jail await.
ing criminal prosecution for similar offences e..
capped ednesoay night, 4th. There is no clue to
his whereabouts Every effort to capture him is
being made
Sapoleon's Life of Caesar did not sell well: in.
he m, liShn
dispose of l5O copies out of an edition of p 900
and they recently brought suit against tbe,exem
press and The prince imperial for l67 900 francs
damages, on the ground that the work was left
unfinished by the death of the emperor bu. the
suit was dismissed with costs
Thursday was the eleventh anniversary of Far
raguts Mobile bay fight one of the most brilliant
events OF the late war. OF the comparatively
small number who took part many of the most |
distinguished have since died. From the dagship
. Hartford" alone, Farragut, his feet CAPTAIN. |
Drayton, his secretary, Brownell, and Adams a |
lieutenant, are among the dead.
The national educational assoc iation has closed
It's session at Minneapolis, Mimi, after appointing
committee to confer with the committee recently
appointed by the pathological association on the
condition and prospects of phonetic science and
adopting resolutions to present an educational
history Of the country the centennial ant, against
giving public lands to Corporations !
At a recent meeting of the Council and Regents
Of the Mount Vernon Association at Mount Vernon
there was present Gov. Kemper Gen Fuzbuyb
Lee, Judge Ould, Miss Mary Lee, daughter of Cen.
Lee; MISS Irving, granddaughter of Henry CLAW
ana Mrs Ella Is. Washington of Virginia Mrs
" washington showed the visitors through the his
torlcal mlnsion and speeches were made by Gov
Kemper and Gen. Lee.
The Indian Investigators, who are now at Chev.
enne, wyoming, find 1t hard to get any one to test
ny ABOUT The frauds, as the people best informed in
the matter don want to tclllwhat they know one
man was very anN ious to testify, but he proved TO
be the tool of contractor. Twenty one cars loaded
with stores for the Red Cloud agency have been
standing at Cheyenne for month, at a cost to the
government OF &i'5 day while the contractor is
of in Washington.
The most perfectly-shaped man or woman is
uhey mmetrlcal-that is TO say, there is a marked
unllkeness between the two sides of the BODY The
two sides of the face (Which is seen and there
fore permits of more accurate study will be found
always to exhibit considerable d lTerences Prob.
ably no two sides of any hum face are nraciseIv
alike. 1t is the same with every limb No nair of
limbs are shaped alike. One hand is almost always
larger than the other; it'll the foot; SO with the
leg and arm.
A statue of Richard Baxter was unveiled n
htiderminster England. on the 2lst of july 1t is
OF Siclllan marble. and of colossal size being %
feet IN hight from the foundation. ON the pedestal
OF polished gray granite the follow ing legend is in
scrbed: Between the years l6il and LEGO this
town was the scene of the labOrs OF Richard BaS-
Ier' renowned equally for his Christian learning
and mis- pastoral hdelIty. In stormy and divided
age he advocated unity and comprehension, point
ing the way to everlasting rest ChIrchmen and
Nonconformlsts united to raise this memorial A. n
1873"
The following incident in the life of Madame
MacM ahon is related: In the middle of the winter
Of ISIS a fire broke out in the female seminary q,
Limoges France, and spread W it'll such rapiditv
hat 1t was feared all the inmates would perish
,u ideny there was cry that one little girl had
Ieen lett IN her room. AS the excited spectators
we're beginning to pray for the unfortunate child
all girl, with dIsheveled blonde hair and nowinr
shrek of " I'll save her. that rose above the sounl
d cracking timber5 and falling masonry dashed |
nto the doorway. loud hurrah that was pro | :
onged to the echo only to be repeated again attrac
ed the attention of the dcvotees and the pale faced
'lrl was seen skipping through the flames with the
errlned child. \ few days thereafter King Iouis <
'hihppe sent the heroine gold medal for her
bravery, and captain OF the French army no had
the girls pluck begged an introduction
rave girl Madame Mac Mahou. Il