Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-11-03

PRESENCE OF MIND.-A remarkable in
stance of presence Of mind on the part of
the captain Of a man-of war is related bv
the St. Pctersburgh papers. About the
end of August, the Russian war-figate
Olaf, which had accompanied the Yacht of
the czarowitz to Copenhagen. was lying at
anchor among hundreds of other ships in
the harbor when a fire was discovered in
4 coal-celar below, which was only Il few
feet from the powder-magaznc. There
was no time to put ont the fire before it
could reach the magazine, and an eNploS-
ion of the large stores of cartridges and
gucpowder contained in it would probably
have destroyed not only the Olaf and
the surrounding ships, but Il part
of Copenhagen itself Captain Ech-
binder, the commander of the Olaf saw at
once that the only thing to be done To-
prevent 4 catastrophe WAS TO sink tie
ship. After sending away the crew with
the ships papers. Cash-hoNcS, and most
valuable instruments in boats, he ordered
the carpo ntcrs and engineers to make :,
leak in the vessel, and in half IN hour she
sank in not very deep water. Next day
She was raised again. and attcr some pro-
visional repairs was taken to Cron>talt,
where she i now lying in dock pending
her complete restoration for service. The
damage done j. stated to be comparatively
trtlinT, and the court-martial held on the
officers of the vessel unanimously express
ed the highest praise of the conduct of the
captain and his >ubordinatcS. The cmper-
or has appointed him his aidedc-camp,
which is one cf the highest honors confer
red on Russian naval officers. and men un-
der him have received gratuitics from the
empcror> privy purse
\ Kansas judge has decided that a man
and wife can 90 to any place of lmuSe-
ment on Il ticket that says admit one"
Is by the law they are considered :. one
knowledge cannot be acquired with
out pains and application. 1t is trouble.
some and like digging for deep waters but
when once You come To the spring, they
rise up ana meet You.
\ professor asked his class " What is
an aurora" \ student scratching his head.
replied, "Wcll. professor. did know. but
have forgotten. Wen, that is sad,
very sad, reioined the professor; 1.-The
only man in the world that ever knew has
forgotten it.
Almost everybody has the impression that
there are no snakes in ireland, and yet Nj. +. W.
Greene of kiIranalaSh l;atIngass, Ireland, writes
to the DAILY Express, under date of September II:
NY gardener this morning killed a large snake
IN the garden here, measuring five feet long 10y
three inches in circumference. 1t has black back,
with light yellow belly. do not know what spe-
cics it bcongsto, but have preserved it in spirits.
The interest til Philade ia centennial Is
festy and WAKES strong. one of the dltfc ult
things O manage has been the livestock exhibition,
which could hardly he held On the park. during the
whole season Ihe management II rwever. has sur
tins difficulty by PURCHASING, the stock yards
and barns of the PeunSy Vaula Dad which the lat
ter about ahand These - extent.
and the entrance to them is not far from Paramount
park. They all supplied with water. and, when
the present sheds replaced 10y better bullilnSS
viii he very convenient for the purpose. AFT or1nH
space for an exercise track Of half mile. The
hlbtlon of horses will extend from September l. to
September Is cattle from September ~ To Ortu-
Der sheep swine and hogs October ~ t. OctU-
Der Is ana poultry tor the succeeding 10 DAYS.