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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

While many enter the grange almost en-
tirclv for its financial benefit. others from
purcr principles allow the social and in
teliectual element to prenOminate. If |
were to choose between the different ele-
mcnts of our nature, give me the social
and intellectual in preference TO the tlnan-
cial; for | believe on that depends much
of the prosperity of the Grange, and the
q! lter I'd .ancemcnt # education among
it. members And, nevertheless, | am
most happy to avail myself of the benefits
| of the three combined. with Il view that
one need not necessarily interfere with the
desired results of the others. We congratu-
late ourselves on the final success and
rrosrcricty of the Grange through those
life giving elements, only by Il faithful dis
charge of our duties As members. And
the pen. though Il silent medium. has nev
rr tired in speaking Of female influence a>
~! Indispensable requisite t. such success
and prosperity. And |. therefore, woult
urge upon our sisters to ever manltcs
their interest in this noble and dignille'
work. by their presence cheering ant
cncourawin~ the brethren in their moro
arduOuS duties.
For :ln encouragement we have only tC
note the wonderful growth of this little
insignificant cntcrpl i>e-ftlsely 50 called
for the past five years. The Oranges IL
the United States Numbering upwards o
twenty forr thousand. with 4 membership
If two millions; ana it is e-timrtcd th,
in this wear oflS1j we shall save 10 The
Order more tlitn !J,0Oo,o0o-that is
what we purchase for use will cost Us t'ia
much les than it woul,,, had we not in
:,umuratcd the business arrangement VIII
the educational ana social features. Thl
marnanimnils institution has passed it
infancy and is to-day in early childhood
and should She continue TO progress will
rqurl rapidiIv for the next five years, Il
in the past five. Mrs. fuckers dress o
forty wards. would be but u scant pattcri
for 4 bib for such 4 child OF promise
Speed on. then, brothers and sisters, III!
work. Dignity labor with perseverance"
:ut! while facts stare us in the face, let II
with all bollnc>s and conlidcnc" invite al
honest laborcrs and tillcr> of the soil t
accept OF protlrrcd aid. and step on boaf'
of our life boat, that Will glide then
SAFELY OYER lifr's rugged >ca"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

An AQrATIC DEvIL.-A letter from
Norwich, Conn. TO the Hartford Times
contains the following story. rs told of
George W. Fuller, Il submarine diver,whO
is now in the former city: While per-
forming some work for Uncle Sam in
one of the southern ports. where it was
customary for those who supplied the
market with carly garden truck to load
their boats and row them around to the
whlrf, It happened that one day burly
negro loaded his boat with water-melons.
and had Just reached the dock where the
usual number of loungers stood watching
the operations Of the diver. The negro
alluncor ;ious of his situation. was jealous
" endcavoring to dispose of his cargo
whenFullcr suddenly emerged, helmet first
from the water. thrusting his google eye:
and ugly head before the astonished occu
pant of the boat. and seizing one OF
the melons, sunk Immediately. The darke,
with veil and 4 bound. reached the dock
and neither stopped nor turned until h
reached home with the tidings that I'D
lebble had 'tiscated de melons and takel
um down"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

An IRIsII SERMoN.-What is said to he
hitherto unpublished sermon bv Father
i'rout has Just been printed in a Cork pa
Der. How characteristic it is, Having
.hosen for hi text d" lie that giveth TO the
,oor lcnl,-ih to the Lord" he goes on TO
how that the poor are the clergy" and
his is the WAY the great Irish humorist
winds up:
Last Thursday WAS a week since last
3artlemv FAIR. and wint down Ia buy a
horse. for this i a large parish, an morti-
ication an frettin' have pnifeI me up, SO
hat. God help me. il little able am 10
answer all the sick calls, TO say nothin' O.
stations weddin's. and christenin's.
Well, bought the horse. an it cost me
more than | EXPECTED. 50 there | stood
without penny in nv pocket after had
paid the dealer 1t rlinel cats an dogs.
an as | am 80 poor | can afford a great
-oat. | got wet u the skin / less than no
| imc There We were, scores o We i the
public honscS with the wInderS up that all
| the world might see We 4 eatin and dhirnk-
| IN rs if il WAS for Il wager; an there
| wasn't one o. VI: had the grace TO ask Fa-
| her Prout ha We GOT a mouth / Yer face?
| An there might ha' stood i the rain un-
| il this bli>sil hour (tllat is supposin' it
| had continued r:tnin' until now if had
not been picked up ly Mr. Mnn Roche o
| kildinan-lm honest ~intlcman an hospit-
| lblc man mu-t ~:,v .hn he is i Protes-
amt He tool. me home with him. and
| here To yer et;lrnal disgrace. We villains.
| got as full a. Il tick-and Nun Roche
had to send nae home in his carriage.
| which i an cverla>tin' shame To all o We
who belong To the true church
| Now, | ak. which has carried out
this tiki? Ir. who did not even give me
poor tumbl,r of punch at Bartlemv. or
| Man Roche. who tnuk m" home and filled
me with the best eltin an dhrinkin' an
sint me t. my own hou-e afther that in
his own iligant carriage Who best full
| filled the Scriptur? Who lint To the Lord
bv giving to the poor clar-y?
| " Remember Il time viii come when |
must give an account o ye? Pom nv
conscience. it wouldn't much surprise me-
unlrs We greatly mind Yer WAYS. if Nun
Roche an Won wont have 10 chlnge places
IN this occ;i>inn-he 10 sit along side o
me, a, a friend who Ind tlrI;el the poor
clarrv we'll in this world. and ye IN 4 sir-
in place. which | won't particularly men,
ion row, except 10 hint TINT its precious
| little frost and SNOW veil have in it; but
qnite the revar.e. However. its never too
| late to mind an | hope hv This day week
it'> q,lji. another Story II have to tell o
ye all"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

of hay, but, with the exception Of potatoes, ,
that is all they are able to produce in their
short summer Of three or three and Il
half months. | Judge they employ them
selves during the Ion" winter in making
ornamental han i-work Of various kinds.
and Yet it is evident that their mountain
life, with the few comforts it affords can
not be conducive to the greatest measure
of contentmcnt. young man who car
ricd our packs up the heights from Realp
to the Furca Pass unfoldcd his views of life
to us, and expressed himself us somewhat
enviouS Of his brother who hal died Il
few months previously. He explained by
saying that he thought it WAS much better
to die and 80 to 4 happy place. than to
live in such Il country us theirs.
On our way to the Furcl we saw many
hundred goats, from whose milk the Swiss
cheese is mostly made, feeling on the
mountain sides, an,l the tinklc of their
bells, heard III a distance. struck upon the
ear very pleasantly. At the summit of the
PasS-ncarlv 5000 frrt-wc came upon the
first snow. and improved the opportunity
for mimic game of SNOWFALL. We be-
can now to realize that We were approach
inc the heart of the Alpine ranges, and.
after gazing long at the wonderful scene,
we commenced the continuously winding
descent into the Rhone valley, which lies
nearly three Thousand feet below. This
descent brought Us, for the first time, in
close proximity to Il glacier, and its clear
green crystal sides, channcllcd and scanned
bv the action Of sun. flood and bOwlder.
exceeded in beauty and interest even the
full measure of our expectations. This Is
the so-callel Ehonc glacier, from 4 lofty
cavern of which issues gray, turbld
stream which. in time becomes 4 mighty
river, and after q course of five hundred
miles, discharges itself into tie Mcditer-
rancan This is the infant stream which
was said to issue " from the gates of cteI-
nal night at the foot of the pillar of the
SUM-" the Rhone Of our day, the lshodanus
Of ancient times.
We spent the night ut a hotel close by.
and in the morning walked out for some
distance over the field of ice. Near the
base it Is covered with fine gravel and de-
bri>. and a few large bowlder>. while
above, it is apparently clear. and extend
ING in a terracc-like form to a distance OF
fifteen miles, somewhat resembles :. gigln-
tic frozen waterfall. y walk over the
lower palt * free from danger, and an
artificial cave may also be entered. and
vet, ~ there are many seams and crcvlccs.
to avoid Il fall it is necessary to step viii
some caution We part company here
with the illu-trious little stream whose
, acquaintance we have made, and aScen'
the Crimscl, hut we shall meet with him
again farther on where he sweep, il
majesty through the valley on his way t,
the sea. e.. G.. Bush.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

ORIGIN OF THE Turnlng
now 10 Western Asia we find the honor of
first settling America given Ia the adyen-
furious Phnncians The sailors of Garth
a~e are also supposed l,v me writers 10
have first reached the New World. but as
the exploits of colonv :lll moiher-country
are spoken of hV most writers in the same
breath il Will b. th" simplest plan 20 conn
bine the two theories here. They ace
based upon the fame Of these people iS col
onizin~ nlvi~ators more tllin up,n any
natural resemblancs> tht have been found
to exist between them and the Americans.
1t is argued that ships sailed beyond the
Pillars of Hercules 10 the Canary Islands.
and that such adventurous explorers hav-
ing reached that point would he sure TO
seek further. The records of their voy-
ages and certain passages in the works of
several writers of antiquity are supposed
to show that the ancicntS knew of = land
living TO the far west.
The PhunicianS were employed about
a thousand veaI> before the Christian era.
bv solomon king of the Jews. and Hiram.
| kim of Tyre. Ia navigate their fleets 10
Ophir and Tarshish. They returned by
way of the Mediterranean. t. the port of
Joppa. after = three-ycars' voyage, laden
with gold. silver. precious stones, ivory,
cedar, apes and peacockS- Several au-
thors have believed that they had two dis
tinct fleets, one of which went TO the land
since known rs America. and the other to
India. Huct. Bishop Of Avranches. and
other authors, are persuaded that Ophir
was the modern Sofila. situated about p
deg. S. lat. and that Tar>hish comprised
all the western coast of Africa and Spain
but particularly the part lying about the
mouth of the Bptis or Guadalquivir. Ac
cording to Arius Montanu>. Genebrardu.
Vatable. and other writers. Ophir is the
island of IiiSpaniola. 1t is said that Chris
topher Columbus was induced 10 a'lop
this idea by the immense caverns which
he found there, from which he supposed
that Solomon must have obtained his gold
-BaucrOJt'S -Natire EaccS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24
For the Freeman.
THANK k>GIVl<(: POEM.
MRS. VI. +. cox, FoRl>D


What III pu-h New EnSImd's hills are bleak.
Her noble forests bare and brown,
What though upon the mountain peak,
Her rocky barriers sternly irown:
Il Ia the valleys fair and sweet,
Are nestled homes Of beauty rare;
Where on Thanksgiving day we meet,
It'll voice of song, and heart Of PRAYER.
without, the Autumn winds may blow;
Within, peace, warmth an plenty rei.a
TIE cheerful firclI.ht'5 ru.idy glow
Invites to Home. Sweet Home, ay,in"
ONE changes truly time hath brought.
On brows We love are lines Of care;
And threads Of sIlver-sray are wroush,
in.isi the locks OF raven hair
n" "iithinl group, now older grown,
selitely watch their children's plays:
And smile 10 see in look and tone
Reflections OF their by-sone days
Om tAl- time honored fcs.al day.
Great cause f,r thanAfulness have we.
fhit none are wand'rcrs far away,
.iIl gather meath tht. ol rooftree
AI"Ind the dear, ancestral hearth,
welcome 10 each chill is given,
One lrtilc form is gone from earth,
And safely lodged above in heaven,
Nay I'm deal gently as we 90
Along lIfc's rough. uneven way
The blessings that today we know,
WouI that thcv cvcrmDr might stay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24
VERMONT.

Green he thy hills, o land of morn.
And green thy sloping pastures where
The heifer grazes Icy the thorn,
And cowbells tinkle in The AR.
Fen green thy snowy cliffs where twincs
The hemlock her perennial crown;
Where pulplinS, latest day declines,
And west the twilight settles down.
laad Of unsung, noble mer,
Who, when the snare drum beat III" call,
Rallied by lake and mountain glen,
And for their ;ltars offered all:
Who, when the ilc's shll sound WAS blown,
Buc lied the sword aud scahhar'i on,
And passed thew thre-holi', heaten stone
For Sunderland and Bennington.
BY many pass, by many craS,
The bu.lc', rally once vas heard;
And fled i'll haste the siarllci stag,
As his wild lair VI ith echoes stirred.
The Border tcud, the Ynih lie plume,
Was in the mutter Of their wrath
F. ON shrewsbury elf, to iiouS ich's nuhc,
The uoopcr,s horse wount path on ptth:
And where the woIfiua down his r:ey,
by grange gIrt in with woodland dun,
The Ranger hurried To the fray,
There flashed the Bor.ier GuIrdSman's gun.
The thunder of the morning t"tt'
Lngcrs a dream by many 4 cia-;
The mountain answers Ia the lake,
As Freedom waves :tlu0 her A.:
And though the HaaSel ; lao, >e ncl.iIS not,
Nor Alien pleads the Border Law,
Each fam Is but 4 sacre! spot,
Where men are bred to Freedom ; ctI-c.
O, green and cloud-carl ed hll'sl "ir
With dcwy eyes ihy wandering ChAd
Turns to thy borders eye, the star
That hovcrs on thy ranges Will.
And gazing, owns thee still - home
The fireeiic gows, with winters brunt-
The Hump looms ur, and MAJ, lieli's dome,
Oli Mount:I IN peaks, thy prl,ie, Vermont.
Av, green, ioI ever green thy wreath,
q land of cllfI5. and stalWart men.
The vmgIn soil feels spring sweet breath,
And hloss oms, aye, each nowely glen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

LOVE MAKING AMONG ARAE Cox
vEErS-A band Of fifteen couples were
lately married from the orplIanage of Ben
,knoun. The fathers inf..rmed the arch
bishop that they had fifteen excellent
BOYS. who Were about to leave. and whom
they wished to find wives for and settle in
the nearest C.lri-tiln village The arch
| bishop asked the superior of the girls
school if She coull supply fifteen maidens
who would 20 anl share the humble homes
of their brother orphans.
| The superior replied fhat she had pre-
ci>clv the number reqlirei-@irls who
must leave the shelter OF the convent In 4
| few months. anl whom She MAS most
anxious to see provided for The grapes
were ripe. and the vintage. which was
close Mt hand. would furnish an opportunI-
tv for Il meeting between the parties so.
one morning. in the cool. sweet dawn. they
set out 10 the vineyard. the maidenS con-
ductel bv Il sister. and the youths by one
OF the priests. The later took one side and
culled the grapes. while al the other side
the maidens gathered up the branches and
bound them 10 bundles As they went
they slr~ HYMNS and caniiclrs to Tighten
their labor; and when the day task was
done they left the vineyard in two dis
tinct l,.n.lS as they hal come, and return
ed to their separate converts
Well" said M-r dc Ia Nigerie TO the
presiding father next day. have the Young
men chosen hi> maiden, ana is the choice
approved,
= Ala. Mom>,i- thet DID not even
look at each other. replied the diSconso-
late ma.chmakcr They never raised
their eyes from their work Sister
C-;tnI watched them Ike lvnxeS.
"You have brought mp the children too
we'll cried the. archbishop in despair.
:. What i IA b- done with them now?'
Have a lille patience. INV lord. and it
will come in GOOD time. replied the father
encourayin-lv.
Next dly lli. two bands Of maidens end
vomtlS sailed forth a. ain 10 the vineyard.
and 50 every dav for a week
Then the fflthcr came IN triumph 10 the
archbishop to announce the successful issue
of the scheme Onc hy one the youths had
pluckcd mp courage and peepel through
the ,endrill~ of ih,. vine and. thanks tc
some ma-mctir sympathy. two dark eyes
had Ecrn raised Ia meet theirs and they
, smiled at ench "lksr. ! little further or
the green leaves were ilutt'red hy a whs
: per asking the fair ones mamr- She told
n it, and another whisper tnll her his 30
: the flower hlos>onl..l in tn" thirty yonna
a hearts and The priest an the sister who
: watched the ".nil.- .rrwih looked on de-
'li~htcl-TlHt0,l-.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

AN iNG.NIoUS INVENTION. latest
manifold letter writer is a Newark inven-
ton. and is described in the l.! crtiscr of
that city. The apparatus prints. however,
rather than writes. On the topOf the pen
holder is Il miniature cicc,rc engine ,ahont
:ts large rs spool Of cotton The point
OF the pen is like IN ever-poiHt pencil,
only instead of lead there is Il needle. The
miniature engine j. connected with the
battery by 4 small wire. Tie writer
handles the pen lik" any other, bat rs he
writes, the needle moved by the electric
machine will: great rapidity, p,nlctures ;hc
paper The paper, written upon in fine
ncetlle-dot>. is pnt over another sheet ;ino
rolled with ink specially prepared and til,
letter is thu, slrn-i!e!. The operation
may b. repeated till the puncturtd papcI
is worn past usefulness. AMI then tiC
writer has only Ia make Il new COPY. Wiz!
paper properly 4 l,I,;,:i tn ii. plIpp>n. ::
large number of impressions may be Oh,
tanned The inventor is Mr. + lisun, O
the lua[r plex telegraph apparatus.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

Tur Wu"iI or FINE MANNERS. 1t
wou!.i lee vain rs il would be ungracious
t, cnmbl. against the ftvorthle influence
OF charm of manner. Engaging manners
and bright conversation must and Will al
WAYS sway those brought under their ut
traction. and it is right that they should dc
-. Tor they are good qualities, though
:lyv NAV be only natural ones; AMI the
,novmcnt Of them in others may be ac-
,.t.l,.rd aS one of thc amenities of our lot.
if we meet with them in the order OF
Providence. and do not 90 out of our way
/, put ourselves under their influence.
What a catalogue of social virtues it needs
- make a man generally beloved-swret-
nps, of temper, good nature, yielding
VIII. and ready compliance, u liberation OF
oilers in.irmitirs. and for5"artnce un-
,ir. small Sights and hindcranccs; symra-
thy wish others mode of feeling. and del
ir.;cv of adaptation. Many a hero we
may ada. many u saint is without them
aiI makes his great cause to suffer from
hjir absence The reward OF his labors
: >Y.i..ht in u higher sphere, not in the
,,...i-r Of men; and his greatest admirers
have of;en to become his apo.oglsts IN the
minor details of department and manner
,.nii~rinuS that he who would sacrifice hi
If. tor he sake OF religion. or for The
200 .. his fellow men, vet failed to mak'
himself agree tbc to his personal ac1naln
tanrrs Bat because from the inilrmlt.
pi nnt naturc great Interests and hlgl
aims often make men regardless of Jesse
ur,:r.rtc>. let us not esteem the want O
t!em It, other .llan 4 fault, nor grudge tn
domestic phianthropist who cheers al
uci.,liors' firesides. who raises thel
,lal,l spirits, whose presence brings re
slrs.inl"nts with it, who enhances ihei
everyday joys. and sympathizes In tn
Il; L. t,l,ls that each day also brings IN II
though it may be only through II
inpai-cs OF his genial naturc-his rewar'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

JENNIE JUNE DEFENDS Pull BACK>.-
The cheap wit which usually eXpcnds
itself upon some part Of w0man> dress
has AIT chcd the tied back skirt The
point with the critic is the inlcccnrv of Il
>tyle which indicates 30 much of the out
lines Of Il wonans form; but from this
point of view there !, no reason whatever
for the stric.urc> Why is y womans
form any more indctolo3-, than that of Il
man? And why should not 4 dress out
line the tOrin it COVERS? II II docs not
wliat is the object Of form 1t all? And
why should beauty in design on art itself
be cultivated? Twenty-Five Years AGO the
women wore IN enormous mass of skirts,
which rendered them shal,clcSs and orca>-
ioncd them great trouble an'l lnc"nvcn-
icncr 70 preserve unn, cc-~:iry and bar
rel like absence OF form. hoop skirts We're
invented, the iiis. of which Were from
four to five wards round, and with dresses
over them and u woman inside of them,
occupying the whole of 4 broad city side
walk and six (thrcr on 4 silr) IN I street
car. Dress then was attacked and lam
pooncd for cunceal;n@ the form, the days
of the first empire. We're recalled and the
classic ta>:c the Empress Josephine and
the la,iic> of the renowned French saloon
! commented upon Now We have at least
/ Got rl Of hoops. and we have a dress that
is not uL-trucivc; that l. neither st
! Straimh, nor srHnt nor objectionable il
these respects rs the ~trl"; Snort wa-tct,
; low blckrI. Short >,ecvrl dress ot the
seventeenth century: that has on the con
trlrv possibilities of h" .ulN. Gracr an'
rlrrancr, ii the WtHr"r or htr mOII>tc |:
.,n .,,.ti.t and knows how to IN he lNVaN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-24

St. Louis has just figured up its hog
packing for this year. and finds that be-
tween March and October 81, the num-
Der packed was 102. 424, averaging 220
pounds each. against l5s.962. averaging
2O9 pounds, last year. The product OF
these hogs. together with $4,000 head
slaughtered by butchers. was l6,49o. $50
pounds of cut meats and 3,Gl9, S62 pounds
of lard.
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