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

Comfort is an expressive word, and one
the real meaning of which. applied to each
of us perSonlly is not fully realized As
people we seem to try how we may make
ourselves uncomfortable and all because
we do not appreciate what constitutes that
real enjoyment, which is in fact more than
acknowledgement comfort We are G
much afraid If we make ourselves comic, Z
able that we shall over step the bounds of
politeness or create the unfavorable criti-
cism of those higher, it may be, in The So
clal scale than we are, of whose opinions
we stand in moral fear. Away with such
false notions of personal independence
such mock adherence to the tyranny of
fashion. When we learn that we have a
right to wear tight shoes or 90 bare-footed
TO stand on our heads, (the men. of course)
or smoke, to strain ourselves up in corsets,
or wear none at all. Just us we please, if
we are comfortable in so doing, and do not
interfere with the happiness or enjoyment
OF our nel5hbors-sO much the better will
1t be for us and so much will we have ad-
vanced towards a trucr and more sensible
manner of life. Especially at this season
should we all be firm advocates of personal
comfort; we are glad to notice increasing
evidences of some breaking of the chains
of fashionable folly, and the development
of some personal comfort, and some indie
pendencc of character, among the resi-
dents of our cities and large towns. If
we want to lounge on the sofa of an after
dinner hour, IL we want to tumble the
mattress i'll our sleeping room in the after
noon, if we want to wear loose, easy dresses
innocent of Ovcrskirts and frills and un-
necessary appendages; if we want to sit
under the trees on our lawns and smoke,
or read OF sew, or crOQuet, or if we want
to do anything or place ourselves in any
position where we shall enjoy personal
comfort-in the name of all that l.; sensi-
bic and lawful let us do it. What if the
bed is tumbled, and the rooms cluttered
up. and Mrs. Smallrice does see us in a
calico dress; so long rs ws are comfortable,
Is it anybOdy's business but our own that
we play croquet, or lounge on the veranda
IN sight of passers by. or smoke. or read
wholesome novelS-sO long as we pay our
bills, observe the moral law, and the COL
den rule, and don't talk about our neigh
bors? take comfort in any way or at any
place we please. where we do not make a
breach OF good manners, or trcspass upon
the rights of others. As much as possible.
let Us live out of doors the veranda, the
garden. the summer house are preferable,
many times in the day, to the parlor OF
library-and let us make ourselves COM
Portable by taking advantage of the pleas
ures they offer to us. This grand summer
weather, always too brief in this northern
cline, let us make the most of our means
for personal enjoyment, and rejoice in
breaking away from a slavish adherance
to fashion and ways which do nothing but
render us personally uncomfortable.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

A HAPPY COUPLE.-A man should al
ways be little older. little Drawer, and
a little stronger, Il little wiser, and a little
more in love with her than she is with
him.
A woman should always be Il little
Younger, and Il little prettier, and a little
more consderate than her husband. He
should bcstow on her all his worldly goods
and she should take good care of them
He may owe her every care and tender
ness that affection can prompt; but pc
cuniarv Indebtedness to her will become 4
burthen. Better live on 4 crust that be
brought him.
Neither must be Jealous, nor give the
other cause for jealousy. Neither must
encourage sentimental friendships with the
opposite sex. Perfect confidence in each
other. and reticence concerning their
mutual affairs, even to members of their
own families, is first necessity.
A wife should dress herself becomingly
whenever she expects to meet her hus-
bands eye. The man should not grow
slovenly. even ut home.
Fault finding. long-argumcnts. or scold-
ngs, end the happiness that begins in
kisses and love making. Sisters and bro
theirs may quarrel and make up
Lovers are lovers no longer after such dis
turbances occur, and married people who
are not lovers, are bound by red-hot
chains. Ifa man admires his wife most
in striped calico, she is silly not to wear
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

o., OF perfection of an air-tight connection.
This is obviated entirely by employing a
cement which ftstens alike we'll to the
rubber and to the metal or wood. Such
cement is prepared by solution of shellac
IN ammonia. This is best made by soak
ing pnlverized gum shellac in ten times its
weight of strong ammonia, when a slimy
mass Is obtained, which in three or four
weeks will become liquid without the use
OF hot water. This softens the rubber, and
becomes. after volatization of the ammonia.
hard and impermeable to gases and fluids.
american Artizun.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square of 12 lines or less of Agate type
one sertion O0 for each IS
cents. Unless the number ofinsertions are marked
on inc advertisement it will be continued until
ordered out. Liberal discount made to merchants
and others advertising by the year.
Probateand COmmis sioners' y Offices 81 .Oo each.
tornotices DELIBERATIONS, Estrays the Formation
and Dissolution of CopartnershIps. &c 81 % each
TOR three insertions. If by Mail the money must
accompany the letter.
Notices in news columns, 10 cents per line each
insertion, but no charge made of less cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
but extended Obituary Notices or Poetry will be
charged at the rate of five cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

MORE WOMEN THAN MEN IN CHURCH.
The Churchmdn, noting the fact that
women outnumber men in attendance on
religious ministratiOnS, and the prevalent
impression in society that g worship is
rather n wOman's affair." sets itself to dis
cover the reason. Its conclusion is thus
summed up: " There are two points on
which men differ from women both of
which have made them undervalue the or
dinary public ordinances. They are more
intellectual and more practical, and, there
fore, less influenced by authority and the
affections. The average man has intellect
enough to be attracted by skeptical argu-
mentS and Il desire for material results
which mislead him when he has to do with
God, and the soul, and the world to come
In public worship things of this more spir-
itual nature are the subject matter, and
those who cannot rise to them will natur-
ally fall away. But woman is protected
bv her poetry and affections; she has more
reverential love, more sympathy with
those who speak of the future the indeti-
mite, and the sublime. Women enter more
readily into the spirit of prayers and pr;is
e~ offered to Being only partially known
and wholly unseen; they can look onward
to another and better world, and do not
grulge obedience to a duty which the
church, from the beginning, has advocated
with unvarying consistency"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11
WHEN THE SONGS GONE OUT OF YOUI,
LIFE.


when the songs gone out of your life, you cam
start another while it's aringing in your ears, but
Its best to have bit of silence, and out O. tina
maybe psalm'll come by and by. ."-EDwARI
GARRETT.
"ren rs,l ,.@ s,,'.s me , out ,y ofyour III. life.
sweet song of the heart
That no after days can lend;
The song of the bird to the trees,
he song Of the wind to the flowers,
The song that the heart sings low to itself
When it wakes in the morning hours
You can start no other song"
Not even tIemulous note
Will ftlter forth on the empty air
1t dies in your aching throat
1t is all i'll vain that you Try,
For the spirit o song has fed
The nightingale sings more to the rose
When the beautiful flower is dead.
SO let silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quivering strings
Perhaps, from the loss of life, you may learn
The song that the seraph sings:
grand and glorious psalm
That W i'll trcmble and rise and III. ill,
And fill your breast with its grateful rest
And its lonely yearnings still.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

Nor so BAD.-1he wife of Troy gro
ceryman recently died after being insane
over twenty wears. At-C,rious times she
remarked to her husbandthat she would put
away some money for him, so that he would
not starve when he became old and feeble.
He missed money many times, but darenot
say anything to his wife, as she frequent
ly attacked him with a carving knife. A
few days ago some little girls were empty
ing out Il bureau drawer in the house
when they found u linen bag containing a
number of bills. The search was pr, secll-
ted to Il further extent, and over fifty of the
little linen bags were found, in forgotten
corners, others in barrels of old rubbish
and in many other places. About $500
altogether was found, $3.50 of which was
in old city bank bills. The deceased had
evidently been boarding the money fol
about fifteen years. rs some of it WAS dated
us long ago us that. The husband was
ovcrjoyed ut his discovery. and is still
searching to find the extent of bis decea> &c
wife's legacy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

How TO FAsTEN RUBBER TO WOOD
AND METAL.-As rubber plates AMI rings
are nova days used almost exclusively
for making connections between steam and
other pipes and apparatus, much annoyance
is often experienced by the imposSibilty
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

PLANTS AS DOCTORS.-In addition To the
pleasure that may be derived from tloricul-
turc. the sanitary value of flowers and
plants is a feature of the subject so inpor-
tant as to call for special mention. ltwas
known many year ago that ozone is one of
the forms in which Oxygen exists in the
air, and that it POSSESSES extraordinary
powers rs an oNidant, di>infectant, and
deodorizcr. Now, one of the most impor-
tant of late discoveries in chemistry is that
made by Prof Montogazza. of Pavia. to
the effect that ozone is generated in i'm
mcnse quantities by all plants and flowers
possessing green leaves and aromatic oder.
Ilyacirth>, mignonettc hcliotropc, lemon.
mint, lavender. narcissus cherry laurel
and the like, all throw off ozone largely on
exposure to the sun S rays; and so power
full is this great atmospheric purifier that
it is the belief of chemists that whole dis
tricts can be redeemed from the deadly
malaria which infestS them by simply COW
ering them with aromatic vegetation. The
bearing of this upon tlower-culturc in our
large cities is also very important. EXpcri-
men have proved that the air of cities con
tains less ozone than that of the surrounding
country. and the thickly inhabited parts OF
cities less than the more sparsely built, Oh
than the parks and open squares. Plants and
flowers and green trees can alone restore
the balance; so that every little ilowcr-pot
is not merely a thing of beauty. while it
lasts, but has IA direct and beneficial intlu
ence upon the health of the neighborhood
in which it is fOund.-4ppleton $ J0arnal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

deg. 10 min. II sec. west, what is anna
rently fresh water spring. The water AT
the surface is violently disturbed for a
space of about thirty feet in diameter. The
first day We crossed this place the water
was coming up with such violence as TO
throw the ship from her course, and the
second time. although it was smooth, the
vessel could be kept on her course, but
lor a short time. The soundings in the CEN
Ire OF the spring gave twenty-threc fathoms.
ana aspeclmen of the bottom of very clear
broken small shells.
The soundings from the centre to the
limits of the disturbed water decreased 10
nine fithoms. The water at the surface i
brackisl.'' -
The superintendent has directed = mi.
mute examination of the spring and lis i'm
mediate locality to be made.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

Trout FOR A DOLLAR A Pound A
correspondent writing from WiIliamStown
Mass, says that the proprietor of tn,
Mansion House has fish pond in wlcl
the speckled beauties di>port themselves
and in which guests are permitted to fish
by paying 81 per pound for all the tisl
they catch. DIR. Railway and family. Mr.
Stetson and family with scores of Other
well known New Workers are sojournine
at ''the Man>ion." Fishing in the pond i,
a ftvorite amusement. particularly a> Yer,
few fish are caught, The other day til,
whole party had tried their luck with nc
results. and Mr. Bailey was ridiculine
their lack OF skill. Finally. Gen. >tetsol
asked permission to fish.
at his attempting where ali others ha,
and more than that, instead of Your paying
me, IA pay YOU 81 a pound for all yor
,atch.''
"All right said Gen. Stetson. throwing
Il fly with the precision of an old Adiron
dacker.
The crowd looked on with brcathle>s in
tcrest. The float bobbed. the line ran out
and after Il struggle of a few minutes {:
magnificent four -pounder was gaSping OF
the grass. Mr.. Bai.ey was a>toni>hed
But establishment soon gave place to grief
Another. another, and still another lcvia
than was drawn from the depths by I'll,
plucky sportsman.
Stop" cried Mr.. Bailey; this has gon,
far enough. Why, | won't have 4 trou
left
But the General did not stop just then
He went on until 200 pounds of the pref
tie>t trout that ever took 4 fly were lying
on the grass. Mr.. Bailey was aS good Il,
his word. He paid the 5000. which wa.
just what a banquet. that Gen. Tom gay,
his friends the next day. cost.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

NATIONAL SONGS-It is remarkable
Int Asia has no political songs. Empires
have risen and fallen, creeds prevailed and
-.rA. without leaving a single rhyme in
,.- memory Of the people; but this is
characteristic of all dcspotic states. Italy,
"I-h her acknowledged musical genius, is
aH'wn to have the fewest political songs
ut ANY country in Europe excepting Russia,
where the burden of all the peasants dit
..- tefore emancipation was the grandeur
.. tire Car and the exactions of the land
.wacr~: but these lays have little variety.
In countries more advanced, every move
...rri has its songs, and those of different
periods vary considerably in the quality of
a." composition. The best songs of Spain
r..t,c to the Moorish times, of France to
tr days of the Empire. and those of
g., raanv belong to the present century.
'' ,ur British kingdoms, Scotland has the
hest treasury of songs. both old and
'"t. while the entire singing stock of
iag.and /, remarkably inferior, and the
tt'-' ~ouys of Ireland are those of discon-
tent al.i agitation. The affinity of Scottish
AMI IRISH music is 4 matter of nOtOriety,
a'I thcir similarity seems strange, con-
..lrlug the difference of national history
.'! character, but both had their we'll
H. i'll the Celtic times, when the isles
&.r' occupied by one people. The popular
"l ireland are almost entirely of Celtic
-n. and ii Is remarkable that after the
....- contributions of Moore and many
celebrated poets. Il great number of
llircmaim without words. Whether
g. ,-rsr~ 10 which they were adapted
'.cd i'll the decay of the Gaelic
80. "r whether they ever had any,
how l>ccrtainable, but may continue
-'e the immense proficiency of the
race III music compared with their
.S- III any of its sister arts or in
ar. lct the composers We're, as
VERY primitive people, poets also,
'.c Of bard ALWAYS including both
--.7h>: and under this denomination
iHEiI>h governors issued several
.'.' "'Hrt> against them as idle vag;l-
'' ana lomcnters of rebellion. The
.' however. fingered on till compara-
A"'irrn times, vincng considerable
'tHi wearing their cauthack, or
d."t dress. which must have origina-
"' carly stage Of civilization, as it
d "i Il robe and mantle entirely
'i"l plated rlshes with canOnical
'i.' i7~~"l' Of the s.me.-Io- DaY.
-ppnd"nt writes to the Country
-''', NJ: " Feed the potato bugs as
.'- they brgin to come; take Old pota-
=" or small, slice them thin, dust
'- WIN Paris green, mix with plaster
de one part green to ten of the lat
Z iheln about the fields or truck
.. "h"r" the bugs are found put out
Hd often. The bugs will 90 for
"a 'L't potatoes and eat them with
zeal Of relish, and as a matter of
il Will be their last NEAL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

History keeps on repeating itself The
threatened short wheat crop in England
and on the continent may require much of
the abundant surplus Of Americans cereal
productions. The value of the United
States to England is not a with less than it
was over one hundred years ago, so far as
breadstuffs are concerned. The total ex-
ports of breadstutfs from all the colonies
in 177O, was of bread, flour and meal, 49,
86S tons, or 45S,S barrels, valued at 81
S62, 100, The wheat exported in the same
time was SOL, ,2i0 bushels. and the Indian
corn. 57S,349 bushels. This amount Lord
Sheffield after the war, doubted the capa-
city of this country to exceed OF the
value Of the provinces to England, in this
respect. Mr.. Burke spoke in the following
expressive language: d" For some time
past the Old World has been fed from the
New. The scarcity you have felt would
have been desolating famine if this child
of your age. with true filial piety, with
a Roman charity, had not put the full
breast of its youthful circumference to the
mouth of its exhausted parent" England
then, rs now, controlled the price o
American grain,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

A CAPABLE COLORED MAN.-Robert
Thompson, the famous head waiter of the
Grand Union, at Saratoga, has recently
died. A correspondent says of him He
died of consumption within sight and hear
ing of that great diningroom over which
he presided eight years and stood at the
portal until fortnight before his death.
He was Il Maryland negro, full-bloodcd
who married Jane Brent. of Canandaigua,
a fugitive slave from the environs of Wash
ington, like himself. He leaves his wife
and one daughter with about $4,000 in
money and property. His son-in-law is Il
graduate of Harvard University, and has
an 81 800 clerkship in the Treasury. The
power of this negro was in his business
knowledge and philanthropy. He loved
his race with Il perfect knowledge of its
weakness and childishness; lie grew him
self sterner and sobercr, as he realized its
prohigacy and pursuit of idle political
honors; he was HIMSELF public orator
and had been TO the City Councils of WASH
ington, but he dislikcd office seeking and
office Commanding two hundred able
bodied black men, who were under his
personal drill fifteen hours out of the twen-
tv-four, he was intlexible. steadE,st, and
kept perfect work with perfect impartial-
ty lie raised up other head walters and
sent them over the country to civilizc other
hotels"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

Much has already been said, but not too
much. on the necessity of good supply
of fresh air in the sick room DR. Hamp-
ton of Paris has recently published a pa
per in which he describes several remark
able cures of patients suffering from ty
phus. He attributes their recovery al
most entirely to the free admission of
fresh air into the sick chamber. The cause
of the fever. he thinks. is kind of paraly-
sis of the vital functions. produced by
breathing poisoned atmosphere. and the
remedy that most naturally suggests it
self is pure air. He thinks it can do no
harm in any case of typhus fever. no mat
ter what the complications may be. wheth-
er of the lungs or of any other organs, to
breath the fresh air. for if the patient is
kept warm by artificial means, the free
breathing of it facilitates the oxy genera
ton of the blood. and SO tends. at all
times, to keep up the animal heat. lie al
so declares that there is absolutely no dan :
ger of we'll person taking the disease in
the open air.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11

4 FRESH WATER SPRING IN THE OCEAN.
Lieutenant K. ID. Hitchcock, United
States Navy Assistant Coast Survey. COM
manding the coast surveying steamer En-
deacor. under date of March 18. reports to
the superintendent of the coast survey as
follows. relative to what is apparently a
fire, h water spring in the sea: I'VE have
found just above Mantanzas inlet. about
two and half miles off shore, in latitude
% deg. 46 min. 08 sec. north longitude 81
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to secure it, and he took his little boy with
him. While there he visited his own
father and mother who were still living
They had not heard from him in long
time. but knew he lived in certain city in
western New York. He resolved not TO
announce himself to see if they would re-
cognlze him. The stage in which he and
his little boy travelled passed within mile
of their home. They reached the house by
walking this distance, partly across the
fields, about sunset. He said that they
were travellers, and begged a nights lodg-
ing. The old people were averse to keep
ing them. and made many excuses. He
continued to urge until they finally yielded.
by agreeable conversation on his part they
became interested in the stranger guest.
They found he came from America.
''What part of America?'' they inquired
He told them. What. did YOU indeed
come from R? Why, is it possible? ?
We have son living there and you have
come from the same place! Can it be that
you know our son?' What is his name
inquired the traveller. John -" ..Oh,
yes. | know him." The interview now
became deeply interesting; Il throng of
questions We're asked and answered, and
their guests became more and more
welcome. But still they h.A no guess who
he was; the changes of years had oblitera-
ted the recollection of his features
He thought best not to divulge the secret
till next morning, believing that if he did
they would not sleep that night He
waited till after breakfast The scene can
not be described. and we shall not attempt
it. Our lady informant. who was well
acquainted with him. met him on the canal
packet he chief mode of iourneying in
those DAYS on his return from Ireland on
this journey, and he gave lifc-like de
scription of the scene in his own eloquent
words, and in speaking of his relation of
the occurrence she said to Us II do not
believe any one could have listened to his
recital without tears
She has since made to us the remark
which accords with what those who re-
member him in his days know of him.
that if the ladies Of R wished ut any
time to get up II subscription or start any
benevolent enterprise, they always went
first to John -, and We're never denied
his generosity always going quite rs far
rs his means would warrant.
What an instructive history was his.
and what an encouragement for Young
men in habits of industry, temperance, in
tegrity and virtue.
We need only add to this narrative that
the name of the place referred to rs R-.
Is Rochester. and the man whose history
is SO interestingly told. was John Allen
chosen Mayor of Rochester in lsi4-
C0nntry Gtutltmrl.