Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-04-21

The Citizen gives the following hard rap
to one of its subscribers. Earle's feelings ,
will be thoroughly understood by most of
the newspaper fraternity in the State.
There was smash-up near our Office,
last Saturday. A man from Wolcott, with
horse and wagon, started for home, when
the horse became frightened at something,
ran and jumped clear through cord of
wood. drawn and piled up by E. A. Hill
one of our new subscribers. The horse
went clear through the pile and never
touched a stick. but the buggy was dam
aged considerably. 1t was a top buggy.
and but for this the whole rig would have
gone through without difficulty"
We know how to sympathize with Bro
Earle. We, too, are in atfliction. We
have lost a subscriber-one we inherit
ed - Wien we bought the FREEMAN. We
carried him one year, gratis. as it were,
because he had rs he claimed, " consider
ed y a friend of ours to whom he loaned
a little money, probably at rate not ex-
ceeding eight per cent. The next year
this valuable patron wanted to pay in po-
tatocs He had lost heavily in his money
transactions; the Courts hadn't allowed
him to financially "skin" one of his mon
ev borrowers; and he had let out some Of
his spare funds on very long time to Henry
Foster, who had Il penchant for borrowing
money ut Il high rate of interest, but I'M
fortunately ut IN exceedingly long day
for repayment. Potatoes were siNty-tive
cents per bushel, and he couldn't possibly
paw but three bushels for a wears subscrip-
ton We pitied him five cents wOrth-he
was so poor and editors are 50 rlch-and
stored away the esculent vegetables. Last
year the Lord smote his pOtatOe field will
afflicted We must take three bushels this
year. True, potatoes were down to forty
or forty-iive cents per bushel, and he con
feSsed his potatoes grew very small over
there. and We're not fit to eat. But hadn1
we a horSe9 Col Boutwell, once said pOta
toes were as good rs oats for horses. w,
declined to exchange for the blasted tn
bers. They We're too very small in guam
tity and too poor in quality to give evel
oar horse Il good square meal. Well, 1t
started Poland-ward-nO exactly that un
, happy country which Russia once SO cruel
" partitioned off-but an accOmmodatin.
j, and tlourishing concern which has news
papers to sell. Poland he said. would tax
the potatoes for his paper. He had toll
toto l..-
wear were every where small and poor
but Poland considered the three bushel
an equivalent for 4 years subscription. W
saw our patron" needed little bit of il
struction which we couldn't impart to hi
while he remained on our list, and we |,
him and his potatoes slide; and our neigl
Dor over the way gathered them in. The
our honest friend came back and wante
# we should give him Just one more papcl
, He desired to have his subscription to I'll
; Uutehnlun commence square with II
e middle of the month, and besides he like
e our paper best, This last compliment fetcl
e ed Us. We We're put into Jor-9trM
y mood. and we warmed and cheered II
|. lone heart with the coveted paper Al
o now, good bye, loved and venerated Aver
Call in occasionally and get a free copy
the FREEMAN, This " small potatoe bu:
ness " should not be allowed to estran?
old friends. We are all gamers by Il
:, little transaction. You get. your pap
, dirt cheap; our neishbor bags the potatoe
80 and we, out of the way it was, did get 10
Of fun-which is much better than mcC
cine for a sick man Let us all rejoice Al
. sin0 psalms together.