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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

TIE Minnesota. Fioridt and
West Virginia are sill trying 10 elect
United Statr> Senator's. The Springfield
R. 1ilJ{jc,n1 in an article commenting upon
,llc new ~,la.e ha~ the following:
OF he twenty two senators actually
elected. all lut four are n'w men. The
spared monuments ar. Mr. IIimlin +, f
Maine, Mr. + mund> of Vernon, Mr.
Bayard OF Delaware. and Mr.. Thurman of
Ohio. The three :i~t named gcntlt men
rank among the a,lcst and purrst Of th,.
par is >cnatorS. and tie country will be
we'll satisfied t. see them back again in
their old e ,t~. Eleven of the twenty-five
are democrats. one An " .Juhnson, one in
uepr II lent and nine rep lbllcanS. OF the
rcnublicans. however four (Mrssr> Christi
ancv. Burnside. Paddock and Cameron
have lie, II elected either over the heads OF
ihr regular c;IUCHS nOmIn, e. or without
ODtlinInT the clucuS sanction for the 1
e. ,dijatUrcS. Crrta MY three of them
we are MT S'Ire hut nll tOulr-;tre indeb ed
in part 10 demo, ,ratic votes for their cle-
tiun> Chasing these gen lcmen for tn,
present rs republicans, the democrats gair
uve seats occupied i'll the present Senate
bv lepubliranS and two seats occupied BY
liberals those, to wit. of Mr.. Schnrz IN,
Mr.. Frnton. Ihev lose one seat (Mr
IIager> y which receives the independent
Mr.. Booth. The republicans claim Il @air
of two sclts-the ones ut present occupied
bv NJ SSH, Sprague and Upton, liberals
Surprising the Minnesota contest 10 result
aS every one expects it to. the next Senate
viii contain-:,s we figure it-thirtv-foul
democrats independents and republican,
elected without caucus endorsement. and
in nj st cases. with the help of democratic
votes. Surprising Mr.. Plnchback to bt
sat d and the unknown from Florida tt
be n republican, the adnini.lra, ion will
have nominal majority of six.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

WINTER.-llcre are bnt 4 part Of some
mcdit,,lions of the Portland Ir,mscript.
pending tie cold "snip:'
People speak of the dead of winter, and
we are told that in EXTREMIST cold the air
is almost perfectly sill. The earth lies in
her shroud indeed. yet is not dead, buI
>leepeth. She will awake again. We look
forward now not to winter, but to spring
The sun is coming b TEX. the d ". lcngthen,
The mercury has touched bottom and will
rise again.
Why do the poets represent winter a.
old and weak? . Limping winter" Shaks-
pe.,re calls him. Decrrpit winter" Mil
ton writes, and Spencer Says:
& For he faint with col |, AMI weak with ed:
That s;ircc his l"osed imps lie able was I" weld
But winter is young, the first-born o.
the year. and is he not strong? Who car
. withstand his blasts? His icy finger. riv.
the very TO k. Is not his portrait better
drawn By Fanny kemble Butler?
g saw i'm o his throne far in the North,
HIM We C.hl Winter IlciuiIng him ever
. An aged man, whose frame. with pals ed Shiver,
+ Bend, DER the fiery element HI, f..e.
Eut him saw was young gOi, whose brow
Was crow ned with iggei icicles. AID fHIn
! From his keen, kplritlke ewes there ehone lght
Broad, gariDg and intensely cold and blight"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
HELPING HANDS 1t does not nee1 lar

HELPING lIANpS.-It does not neel larre
hands. nor beautiful hands nor hands
tdornel with gold and jrwel> t" be help
INC han Is That i the be~seinrs> of it
\ pair of tiny hinls g1idr.I by Il smlr;
head, and Il good heart. viii fin.l Il grr;,i
many places in the world where they can
he helpful. instead of m>chirvouS A lit
he boy WAS watching Ihe launching of an
ocean Steamship. The men applied their
ma, hincrv. and they took out the biov h.
and they drew on the ropes and they push
ed and pulled, a. v"u know strong merl
can. and still the steamer iii not sir.
The little boy srid, : can push 3, pound =
md il proved that his ponnI WAS the y, rv
pound ncco,d to start the great ship on lis
wdv.
1t does not happen very often that little
hands are needed in lIumchinU ocean
steamers. but it is vcrv comm III for som,.
older friends to ike :, chair han had. OF
for orandmamma To be in want of som.
short arms 10 hold her warm And then
baby is always reaching for something
lilar little hands can q Just y well rs
mamma. 1t is beautiful for the little chill
lr, n To begin right away to use their
iIan i in helping i'll the world. for il is bl
- hrl pin- one another that We make tn
world have heavenly places in it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

'F N>Ahi a New l"fh
I'm n'ilill, ''II, me f"!l'Winr to Il rrp"rt-
CT 81 ~ '>''t mere IS one case Which !
f''"'''c'' Y"t "i i mo l. N or mo-. tht
was pee 'Fiy I'll c'in@- y Fourteenth
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I'iu' w WI ID y 'hr f'I"h T. feeling
herF ~ ana peuiSl mat dlv, conceived 4
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
WHIRLrOOLS.-T Colo ado /

WIIIRLrOOIS.-Ihc Colorado river l.
noted for swirls.' ;" called They occur
everywhere. b 1t only Al high stages OF
water A bubble rises from the bottom,
and breaks W it'll 81 ghi sound on the sur
face. Tie water ut the point begins y,
rotary motion, 50 >m I'll that an inverted
teacup might cover it Larger and larger
yrows the circle, till Il surf,ce of forty
feet in diameter i in motion. spinning
round Il funnel>hap ii hole in the center
two OF three feet across ut the top. and
coming to :, point IN the depth, below
Often Il large tree floatng down the stream
is caught and its foremost end thrust up
in the air twenty OF thirty feet, while the
other passe, underneath the exposed end
to be slowly drawn down ag,in. and TO
disappear. Three solliers--destrters
from Camp Moh,ve through the
ravine in Il skltl, Immediately below the
fork, suffered t'lcir craft to run into Il
swirl. One of the crew. at the first init
nation Of danger. threw himself over
board beyond lhe charmed circle; and a
be swan away. he tnrned his head and
saw the boat spin ;,roInl until one end
being drawn into the vortex and the other
uphtavel in the air. il slowly sank, as il
revolved. into the t,rbid bosom Of tn.
river, its human freight to be seen no more
for the Colorado River does not give u,
the dead
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

other fou' were all marked men. Cen
Ethan'S most vigorous days. AMI ut the pc
rod when his services would have been
most useful to his country, were wasted
N Il British prison. and he diel suddenly
It the 40" Of titty-one. Capt. llenrln,
whose public life opened with a fair prom
l>r of Il rich Fl uitagr. died in his twenty
ninth year Lieut.. Levi wa> rs hriIiant
IN capacity. and rs daring in enterprise,
Is riIler Ethan ol Ira, bnt he was "un-
stable rs water. AMI his life was Il failure;
while Ira the last born att ,nc;l the longest
gc. rem Tered The most numrru,lS and val
uIhlr services, and had The largest oppor-
tHn!tlc~. bet tlr. immense wellth he ac-
lHlrcd was wasted through pr0trlct' 'd con
roNrr>ira 1t home IN abroad: he WAS
forced t. quit the state he 50 successfully
served, t" preserve lis p r~onal liberty
from eNavtlnr creditors; he ,Iiel in pow
'riN. and WAS buried III Il strangers grave
WIKI no stone 10 III rrk the spot
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
The Ouiu:e .Sence of Cheek.

Among the Americans who attended n
bah given ut the Hotel de Vile. when
John y. Mason WAS our Minister there
vas Jack Sp!crr of Kentucky. jack rush
ed the dress rather strong. and sportrt
epaulettcS on his shnul lrr> lAr.e enol.h
To start four MajorGrneral> in business
Jack WAS the observed of all Observers
and lot mixed up with a party that hi>
friends could not account for. Wherever
the Mar>htls Of France Went, there Went
Jack: and when the Mar>hil> sat down
Jack did the same, always taking tie pos
of honor. The day alter the ball Jach
called on our Minister TO France VIII,
started up Il conversation i'll the following
WAY:
/ hear, Jack, you. Were At ;le ball las
evening"
Il was sir. and had Il high old time"
For which YOU are indebted, >uppos,
to the high old company You got mixed
up with. Bv the wav. how came You is
Sociated with the Mar>haIs?"
How? BY virtue of my office. They
were Mar>hllS of France while am moth
inc else than a Marshal of The Republic.
| SHOW ed my position and took post accord
inyly.'
by right of yonr Office? What do yoc
mean?
Read and see.
Here Jack presented Mr.. Mason with :
whitey-hrown p:,pe:, witha seal big enough
Tor Il four pound weight.
What in the name of Heaven is thi~?
My commission IL Mar>htl | receive,
in 1870 when assisted in taking The cen
>us in Frankfort
"lou don't mean TO say you travel OF
this
II don't mean anything else. Tina
makes me Il Mlr>llal OF the Republic. IN.
intend to have the office duly honorcd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

The historic 5000 THAT figured in " Sub
sidv Pom defeat Tor Ietl,., tit,n rs sci .
:,tor from Kansas. 90 illc OF yeirs ay,.
lies sill unrlime.I in Ihs- stale treasury.
rhe legislature has ordered it tn be civ, n
Ia McSsr~ Y"lk aud Pum'-rov. who shall
dispose of il ls they cll ,ns,.. bli neiIlipr of
ih,in can take it.-lorh brc.,ll>e Ia. would
thereby admit that he lied when h said
Pontry 9 we it 10 tm rs 4 b:ihe f r his
vote; Pomer"v. brcal>e his taking ii would
ne an admission that he did give Ii AS :.
i,rihr
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

] ~, "nr iutrr oi l! lines or less at tgate tyre
" IA : az ih' e i'h snlp-.lent rI,,t, e
f"t'- Unle-- The nnm.'rr in Ii IA, ar- m ,rk
=" VIC t'itci ti>e'n'nt II viii To-. continue unuI
''i''rr'i out IIi,.i ~ i>c,uut nm d. I ,,.rrh,.,
"i'i others advertising Ia. iiic wear.
ff"hhi' and Commi> >i"ncr>- -N"Iict< a. &c each
'oi h"tlree"l .b'rafl0nS. E-fr.,ss III Farms,iou
n dissolution of ~opartrrr-ii,,> Sc 81 4, .,.h
81 'href ii"ns Ii sent by Mail the ~ he, must
'cr"mrank Tie lclirr.
N"if''> IN News columns. 10 rent per line eseb
>fit'h rot Al" chir-e made "G .e-s Than 30 cent.
H"'feS of Deaths and ria--- inserted Z, aIis
'it tNt".t''i o'i'ndrv \"iic-- Poetry " al be
IA Std at ihe fale ul live cents uer line,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
Al Allen Letter.

,-,-.,,,,o,.1 ,.nrrnsnnn1.rt s,nt, n. ,
. ,,,
copy "i 'he i''I'" i''- 'e.'e' "' Lev ''''',
which he rightly thinks Is very good read
iuo anI which, he srvs. may be found il
tLr io.,jr,,q o. Win r. ric,r of june.
,,,.i.,,,,1v% ra1.ro.
I>iN' III III III '''
HAll>El ~ Jan - I''
My il please yoAr E-Ncr!ency | have
10 T. some h tndrr'l miles III c'n>' q en'
Of my brother Ethan Allen (ronmon-
Il c.uIed C'l. A!lcm beng ;aken pri--
oacr nr.u Monfei 2'tH Sel't last; nave
waited ON Your ENceiency IL hr;'o quarters
in Cambridge December lt~t; since tii;tt
waited on Gen Schuyler on The same bus
u--~- lie read me :! p'f:'gf'lh OF Your
L\ceiI'hcE le'.'I u'l''t'n- '',ii ,n - ~
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

The Rutland G'obt has been look nr up
he .r,trl,r record of Rutland {, unity
rproup~ of P,ll'r death sentence AMI
publishes t.r fp,IrUinr lit: james An-
tlony WIS convicted, in February, 1911. Of
of the mw,Irr of Joseph Green. ut Il Il
land. February l.. ISL. Authnnv hung
hmsrlf, in ilil. April II. 1911, the day ap-
pointed for hi~ exc Il ion. DaniI Palmer
Wa~ convicted. in EeIrul'v, lN2t Of man
~'ln..lIt,r for thn k lIinr OF Ephr.tim
Brj49~ at I'a1.I,y in january. l>2t. in 4
Iulrr, about It ~}a-~ Of Sing. He Wa
ut;.nrcl To- states prison for life, bat Wl>
subsequently pr '"med. Henry Damon
WIS convicted, in September. 1859. for the
mur,l,r ct Sophia Damon. his wife. Il,
Il itland, ctolcr it'll Is ). He was stn
en- ,rd to he hanged February list. 1910.
b It the ntcucr wa commutrd TO impri>-
onmrnt for life in the state prison, where
he now i. Or>un Cone. 4 blind man, WIS
convi,te l. September. Is i. of man-augh-
ter for the killing OF Mart II Bcrnc. II!
Well. in August. lN1l. and WIS sentenced
t. tif cen Years imuIi-onmtnt. Matthew
Ilnl'uran WIS com6 ictcd. September. l>:4
for the murder ot Mich:tl RYAN. ut HYDE
NiIlr tlle winter before. H., was sentenced
to he. hung. h- sentence commute:l I. inn
pri~omnrut for lie, and - pardon WAS sub
-cqurnjlv granted. AhiIa Carver, of
t'twIrt. WAS literally &" stoned t" death " ut
Rutland. September ';'h, 1879. by u par
tv of Iri>lmcn, who. w I" never Identified.
Loval Moore VAS >cnttnccd to STATE :
prison for life, in March lN13. for an al
cred mur.,er cummittc in Mnunt ilollv
the "rini jury refusing to find an inIict
mrnt on Hcrojnt of Moorr'- insanity He
j. ROW III the Ncrm mt a>l lum for ,c in
Stnc. IIorlr" l. Piuml.-v wis convic;e
~ m1r .rr. AMI Zil,l PlunIry and Fredcr-
TX L Piuml,y. of mln>llnght"r. April.
! 1869. for the >i,ootny et John Gtlman. .Jr
It ShlrN SHINY. August H., 1868. Horace
v:;> ~cn.rlic,.l to be HING. bul hIS n,cnc.
W. cuumutrd to ljt' imprisonment: Zibn
! va, >.ntrncrl to imprisonment for life
md Fred rick To tw' ntV wear, impri>on
mrnt l IL, latter has be II pnrlonru. bul
t H. two former are Vet in states prison
/ J pln +. Phlr WIS convicted. in October
/ 1874. OF tie murder Of Mr.. .\nn + Freeze
/ I, Rutland. June oh. 1874, and WAS sen
| cnccd. Thursday of this week. Feb 4th
to lie hLnr on the lir>t Friday of April
| 1850.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

What station 10 You call this? said
man, as he crawled out of ihe debris # a
railroad smash-up. devastation. said the
conductor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

A man in Peoria cl,ims to have stone
that Washington threw at a wocd .stkr
ON bis fathers cherry tres.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17
TETE-A-TETE.

bit of ground. a smell OF earth
y pleasant murnur in the tccs,
1 he chItp of birds, an insects hum,
And knecin5 on their chubby knees,
Two neighb0r,' chil ircn Al their play;
Who has not :, tn j hunircd such =
\ he ii of gold, A nea of brown.
Bending t"-ctlicr ,lIl they touch.
y country >chool-hou~c By the ro;.l,
y spicy scent al wood amer,
And all the air with Summer sounds
La len 11r Ah, may care to hear.
80 do not two, a by and -hi.
Who >t,y wien al the rest ave gone,
solving Il problem deeper far
han one thcy seem Intent upon.
Dear hent-. of course ti;ey do not know
How near their heals together lean.
he bee thIt wanicro lhroush the room
Has hudly space To q bctwren.
Now dukcr is tie head oi brown,
The head OF -old l. brighter now,
Aud ines OF deeper III III .ht aD IL
Are Written upon either brow.
The sense that Thrills THEN beng through,
Wllh nam, |, s. lun-Inys v.t>l and dim,
Has found Il voice has loumd i name,
And where he goes she follows hIm.
Asam Ia, II heads a:c bending near,
ANA bcnhinx l"An IN silent ave
Above II ;>cl pare Il sweet,
y miracle OF love amI Law.
iIov often >h,ll their II, ais be bowel
With joy ot grci, with love and l'ri Ie,
~ w.iN Tn ,tr"l- III It feeble | fc
Ga slowly c6D, lis f.,illns ti.icl
\ scAWa3d hlli where lie the dead
Ia ,!re in!,-- >lIiI. cr deep and calm;
Above III It grave, tha ro-c> l,oln,
And all the aIr /, luiI OF balm
They d"noi smell the roses sweet;
Thy 'iu not ,ce the -htt'- tn 1t 20
Aluu. the ttr huIiZpn's td-,r;
They do not feel Tie DIet Zeo blow
Here loving han + have gently laIl
Tue ncIshb ,i>' cnIiIrcn. glrl and boy
AMI mao :tnd " lfe: hc.ti close - head
/ hey sleep. AMI knuv u1r pam nor ".
JnH\ " tHNpwICk- IN Chri,tim t'oo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-17

h;lI i Troublesome patient, man who lEit
taken it mo his hr;,I that h" WIS >lowl
dying of Il liver complaint when he ha,
nothing ut all the matter with him. bar
riny the delusion. 1hc Doctor sent hin
traveilny and he soon forgot lis di>ca>,
altogether; but. unfortunately. he had NJ
sooner ictul ned home in the best of i!ealjh
than news came of tie death of his twin
brother. of -hllouS liver He WAS there
upon seized W tn the fancy that he. too
was dead like his brother. Of liver com
paint Dir. Crawford was sent for, ant
after hearing The story, merely remarked
Oh YES; he Is de;t /, sure cnuHgh, an,
probably his liver WAS the death of him
IL Ii" expected it would lie. However.
Will soon ascertain that, by e..ing th'
body before pulrrlic.ttlun sets in. Bliu.
me i carving knife. he knife WAS soon
III the Doctors hands. and he slcpp-d To-
wards the hvpoch II trilc; bat b, to.- h,
could commence the post -mortcm cXanln
alton. the drad-alivr jumped up. shouting
MUrdcr, dashed Il: OF the room. AL,
out of the hou.e. and made acro~s til,
country; he ran till he ran himself cut. an,
fell from exhaustion. Finding nobody
followed him. IL soon n H. WAS able Ii,
retained 10 tue house. and thongh he liv,,
/ score Nc.ir> longer. he wa> never hear,
to complain of lis liver again
There i another anrr,,otr Of the sam,
kind. Dr. Cablrus WAS called in tv the
friends of Il French duchess who had con
vjncrd herself thit >h" hti swallowed 4
;r"g. which Wa~ rrIcuCiug itself bv Ge
Stro,ing her hrAllh Sin, had con>ultc,
several eminent men. nut they only tie,
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Your ENccIIrucvs most
obc,iitut tv,r faithful and
very humble servant
ILVI ALLEN
Io Gul Gtolyc Washington


y. Is. II Our Excel cncy chooses |
Shall wait on you pcI >Onaly. only want
vuur mmahd,: cannot live without 20
ing to England if my brother Is there
Bcg Your EXcclIrncy viii be very secret
I.~, the o,p SIC parry discover my design
This Levi Alien was seven years yoHn--
e. than Ethan,ani >iN years Older than Ira.
having been born in Cornwall, Conn,
july IL. 17l5. He died in burlington i'll
1901. Hon t. r. Walton in the inst vol
une of the Governor and Council gives
tie following account of the brothers:
Of the siN sons of Joseph Allen. L mri
Gems tc nave rc>ilc.t III the state II" very
NO timc-in any event, he l. not named
il hi orv: AMI Levi WAS never a l'rnH-
non. 1c, dent He was in the >ta'e III
l14I. and served as lieutenant on the Wig
-.dc, but he soon left ii AMI hcc.tm" an
G., u.iuucI to br :. Tory until tn ci"~r ot
lilr rryolutio, ;t-v war. For this. Ethan
AI,u complained of him II the court "I
c,ni-ca,iun. Jan. 9. l779 AMI his proper
~ w1> conti>catcd. In l1>0 he Returned
.,ud WIS en- rl''ye'l bv the state rs Il com
miss, ner To- negotiate Il commercial treaty
with he Provinces of Clnldl and Gr,t'
lIIan. 1t WIS Il service for which hi
Tu1 rroclivi..e~ fitted him. bIt he ftiie'
il H. HE four oihrr sun- rank among
the fathers Of Nrrm mt and lwn of tlicm
wiki tn. In,.>I eminent Nrrmonters of thrl'
div. T. han. IL III IN. Zmri. AMI Ira Al
m WI h X member Is ,krr, c"n~t'tu' cd
TIN. Q Ion RIVER |. nd Company, n
II ~u-n hrclml. the most extensive prol +
E L Z h..
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TIE THREE BROTHER .

EIUAN-
Ola Ethan once said over fun bowl OF Gr"G,
h H-h icItNc not IN j sur, hold to dGUG,
lAcIC j. also D1NIl-NUu " III :, Q iIm one day
Ia " WiH !" ND OF fit lake Levi away.
Ira
sa'- La to Ethan ii plain doth appear
ldi t"ur are inclined to banter and jecr
tInh form. II ant fic,ly declare
- " i.,VI7 TOO stout fir the ptInce Of the al,
II cNrl ypu see item engaged i'll a1tav,
= "ut Lew whJ4I t.the The Devil away.
Inv
s''> Lc'I your speeches make it perfectly clear
LA N"u both seem INC line / IT, banter aud iecr:
Iho through AL Iac world my name stands enrolle
F. tIrA7 >ly AMI c auy. Ingenious AMI bold,
1here - one consolation which none can deny
lndt there's one greater cue III this world than
tTHAN AND lEA.-
"Nhp's that tLcy both cry with e4ua! surpl,c
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H. | 4 lis Ira, yield him the priz

H. | i lis Ira yield him the lriz,
Tie "a e f The son. of Joseph Allen
wa Is lem trkaOle as We're the qualities of
l { men. lIebrr and Zmri did not be-
come very prominent, and nothing remark
able is recorded of their end; but the
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Uhe freemam.

MONTPELIER, VT,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRU l.. 1879
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a bit of ground. smell of eaith.
y pleasant murmur in the tIces,
The chltp Of birds, an insecl'. hum,
And kneclin5 on their chubby knees,