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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

AN EX-CoNfEDEEATE's Story ABOUT
CUsTEE.-The Washington .Nlr relates
the follow ing interesting estimate of Gen
cral Custer from {, Confederate stand point
A, Brandy station. Pica>anton after re-
there was very sharp and stubborn fighting
all the day In a charge m;tde directly ut
the station upon light battery that was
severely. | was unlucky enough TO b" cut
off from my command. and discovering
NV misfortune too late to remedy it. put
spurs to my horse and @olloped. through
mistake directly into the ranks of :. squad
from aleriment whose troops were made
up of deserters from the Confederate army.
| was treated outrageouslv, literally strip
ped of everything, and about 70 BE shot,
when General Custer rode up with his
staff and body guard Seeing him in his
gaudv hu>>ar Jacket, with the Austrian
Knot Of rank on the arm. supposed him
TO be one of our officers, and hailed him.
He came up 10 me, and seeing my
piti.ui condition. and being informed
that nv captors had Threatened 10
shoot me. he called his orderly
Here. orderly. this man is 4 fellow being
]
AT headuuarters And then, turning t.
an aid, be said, put these men under AZ
rest | remained under guard Al Gus
ters headquarters during the whole Of the
retreat. ana was treated most nohlv and
kindly by those aronnd him. never met
a man 50 young who, to my mind, bore
the stamp OF hero so visibly impressed on
his countenance. and though daring and
dreadful in charge. and in the heat oi
combat almost mercile>s. his mild, gentle
kindly manner to ME when the fight wa'
over, plainly shows what 4 vast amount o
human kindness beat beneath that brav,
dragons breast To him | owed my HE
while still an enemy. and to his memory
humblv add my testimony TO those noble
attributes which those who have ever me
him know he possessed in 50 remMkabl
4 degree.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
PAIusIAN BEGGARS.-T slang

PAmsIAN BEGGAEs.-The slang of
>. bettander" AS 4 name for beSgar
fmendicuut) seems to be purely arbitrary
as entirely so AS the English "cheese it"
for be SILENT The bett,ndier is a
bergar who follows the business rs his
regular occupation. There can be no Ques-
ton that ninetv-nine out of every one hun
,ired beggars in Paris are such because
they find the business :, profitable one.
creature in that grade of blousard life
where Il choice of occupation lies between
such employments rs rag-plcking. street.
sweeping, petty thieving and the llar has
no pride to govern his course. and he turns
to beggary rs a business quite rs willingly
rs any other, if he cah see his way to sue
cess in it, There is Il necessity of talent
involved in the occupation OF 4 beSgar,
however \ stupid person setting up for
a beggar will not be likely to earn enough
to eat But if one has some historic abll-
itv it can be turned to good purpose IN tins
business 4 talent for getting oneself up
pcturesquely is of immense value. Men
| tai qualities of Il high order bring their
own exceptional rewards in this field rs
in others. An old beSgar whose post was,
and for ,ught know still is, at the en-
trance of the Passage Eero-Dodat, was re-
puted to be a man of wealth. He was GER
tainly man of talent. In moment OF
ronmunicativeness this old bettandier y
cave his :. CODE" AS he called it, which Is
" orth printing. 1t is as follows
Never ask aims FROM
|. A man who is coming from dinner;
roast beef renders one selfish.
>. A gentleman who is following lady
). Men who are too fat; it annoys them
to stop.
i. 4 lady who is alone and unobserved
). Gentlemen who are putting on then
gloves.
But ask always FROM
/. A man who is going to dinner; h'
sympathizes with the empty stomach
,. 4 lady who knows she is being fol
, lowed.
3. People who are walking two by two
i, the r amour propre makes them give.
4. Officers in full dress uniform.
e ). Office seekers going into cabinet min
:: istcrs' bureaux; they give, in hope that
= will bring them luck.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
\ REPUBLICAN, CAMPAIGN SONC.

By CHARLES T. HAYDEN.
Do you not hear the battle cry,
Over our country, far and wide?
The foemen's hosts are marching nigh
On to the conflict, side by side.
They've flung their banner to the breezs,
They shout reform, their men to rally.
1t is no time to take our ease;
March on to battle, do not daily.
CHORUS.
Eally, rally. rally.
Your country's doom Will he \ tomb
Unless you save her life.
Oh. don't forget. her star may set.
Then forward III the strife.
We cant forgive, We don't forget
Our country la i a reason.
our nations star would long have Set
Through Democratic treason.
We don't believe their great reform,
They like a chance to plunder:
They only raise i mighty storm.
That'll surely beat them under
CHORUS
Rally. rally, rally.
We must not yield the battle field.
Well fight. trusting ill God:
The storm We'll ride, His hand guide
The land our fathers trod.
The convention of %,
when the nation fought for its life
SAID the war would fail If nothing more,
Let US end this uuholy strife.
II II such men that We can trust
To rule over our mighty nation:
They brought her down. into the dust
To civil war and desolation.
CHOkCs.
Rally, rally, rally.
We Used the sword to drive the hurdes
OF traitors back to reason.
We don't forget. our land was vet
With blood, poured out 10y treason.
Iontpelier, September 22d, 1876.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

A GENERATION ON TIE IA !
generation on the march from the cradle |
10 the grave is an instructive spectacle !
and we have it carefully presented to us IN
the report Of Dr.. Farr IN English phySl-
clan Let US trace the physical fortune |
which any million of US may reasonably !,
expect. The number. to begin with, Is |
made up of 51l,14j boys, and 4Ss.252
girls. disproportion which, by-and-by.
will be redrcS>ed bv the undue mortality
of the bows, and Will be reversed before
the close of the strange, eventiuL history.
More than Il quarter of these children Will
die before they are five years old-In exact
numbers. .3s7 boys, and 12l,lJJ girls
The two sexes are now nearly on level.
The next five years will be much less IA
tai. In the succeeding five years-trom
ten to tifteen-the mortality will be still
further reduced. Indeed, for both sexes,
this is the most healthy period OF life; the
delth-rate, however. is lower for boys than
for Girls. There will be some advance III
deaths in the next five Years, and stu more
in the five which follow, but is l,0f5 Will
certainly enter on their twentv-slxth year
Before the next ten years are At an end
two-thirds of the women will have mar
ried. The deaths during that period Will
be 81 OJ2. and of those. no fewer than
27.l34 Will be caused by consumption.
Between thirty-five and forty-tive. a stu
larger death-roll will be paid, and little
more than half the original band-ln cx-
act numbers, 5O2,9l5-will enter on their
fortr-sixth year. Each succeeding decade
up to seventv-tive. will now become more
fatal. and the numbers will shrink terribly
At seventy five only l6l.l2i will renltLI
to be struck down, and Of these, GOT
will have pershed by the eighty-tifth yea
of the march. The Soto that remain
will soon lay down their burdens; hu
,, l53 of them will struggle on 10 be hlhe
tv-tive. and 223 to be on" hundred year
Old. Finally, in the one hundrod an'
eighth year of the course the ;a>t sonia
ry life will flicker out. Such th'n' is III
average lot of a million men ana women
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

A well-to-do citizen of Detroit almost
had the breath knocked out of him by the
request of a sidewalk tramp, who stopped
him and asked: Sir. can't you lend me
$lO.OOO?n "What! Who are you sir?
No, sir, | can't, sirr exclaimed the citi-
zen Couldn't possibly do it. eh?'
.. No. SIR "Tell you what you might do. y
suggested the tramp. You might lend
me fifteen cents now, and the balance
when times get little easier.' . l can't
lend you shilling, sir, or a cent sir, and
won't give you penny, sir" Sorry
both of us happen to be hard up at once.
sighed the tramp, and he continued hi'
walk.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
THE PRIDE: OF BATTERY Il.
BYE Il. GASSAWLY

BYF. II. GAssAwAY.
South Mountain lowered on our right,
Far of the river lay,
And over on the wooded height
We held the lines at bay.
AT last the muttering guns were still,
The day died slow and wan,
At last the gunners' pipes did FIJI.
The Sergeant's yarns began
When, AS the win a nome mt blew
Aside the fragran food
Our brerwoods raised, within our view
y little maiden stood
y tiny tot of six or seven,
From tireside fresh she seemed,
(Of such little one in Heaven
One soldier often dreamcd.l
And. as we stared, her little hand
Went to her curly head
In grave salute And who are you:"
At length the Sergeant said:
And where's your home he growled again
" She lisped out VINO is me?
Why, don't you know: I'm little Jane,
The Pride of Battery b."
my home :" Why. that was burned away
And pa and ma are dead,
And SO ride the guns AL day
Along with Sergeant Ned.
And Eve u drum that's not a toy.
y cap with feathers, too.
And march bc> idc the drummer boy
On sundays at review;
" But now our 'bacca's all give out
The men can't have their smoke.
And so they're cross-why, even Ned
Won't play ith me and joke.
- And the bi. colonel said, to-day
hate to hear HIM swear
He'd give a leg for Il good pipe
Like the Yanks had over there.
:" And ~ thought when beat the dunn,
And the big guns were STILL
I'll creep beneath the tent and come
Ont here across the hill.
" And beg, good Mister Yankee men,
lou give me some Lone Jack
Please lo-when get some again
III surely bring II back
- Indeed VIII for Ned-says he
Ii do what say
I'll be a general yet, may be,
And ride prancIng bay"
We brimmed her tiny apron Ger,
You should have heard her laugh
A. each man from his scanty.storc
Shook out a generous half.
To kiss the little mouth stopped down
\ score of grImy men,
Until the >ergeant'o husky voice
sad. 'Tention, syua !!"-lni then
We gave ter escort, TIL good night
The pretty waif we bid.
AMI watched her toIlle out of sight
! or else twas tears that Ind
! Her tiny form, nor turned about
| a man, nor spoke i Hori
! TIL after a While tar hoar-t -hout,
Upon the mi we heard
We sent II back then cast sad eye
Upon the scene alouui,
A baby'5 hand had touched the tie
That brothers once hat bound.
That's al-save VIII IL the dawn awoke
A.aln the work OF hell,
And through the sulIcn cloud, Cf smoke
The screaming missiles fell.
Oar general often rubbed his glass,
And marvelei much to see
Not single shell the whole day fell
In the camp of Battery BE-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

SroHy or THE EMMA NINE.-in mid
SIMMER. 1869 there were no more than a
thousand non-MormonS in Utah, OF whom
half or more were engaged III - prospect
mo for silver mines or developing old
location>. In Il year the mining population
increased to 1000. and it WAS soon c>tab-
iishcd beyond doubt that Utah was arich
minino country In one month the
Walker Brother, shipped 1000 tons OF ore.
The early history of the Enmt mine now
,.aa1s liz :, romance. Mr.. j. b. Wood
man had never wivercd IN his faith that
tho hill north Of the Little Cottonwood
Canon contained a rich deposit lie had
followed a narrow vein till his means
were exhausted without making a
:. strike His faith was infectious, and
ono or two oroccrs i'll Salt Lake City fur
,,i.heJ him on credit hundred pounds OF
Hnur and some meat, which he aud his
nortncr carried up the canon, Wadln9
through the snow. Before the provisions
were exhausted. they came upon the up
per part of the deposit since known rs ln'
Emma Mine. In a month hereafter tht
most soncuine spoke of 1t rs worth $40
900 whereat the many laughed Ever.
fo,t NJ additional development showed th
or. body to be greater, and the propert,
was successivelv sold and stocked it hlSn
er prices. In September of 1877 alter
h,i been sold in London, gentleman IL
miliar with the workings of the line pre-
srntcd the following exhibit:
Ii,,,s ,..... 80 fee
Deptn0I "o ",- hli,T - 6 10 40 "
Brcaatl ~ W. ~ AS "
| lengtt OF WI 7,ai h,.'7 I,hn,u1 ~ 50O.Ou0
, CUBIC i.et cA ~ art.d - 10000
, Tons OF waste and third class ore. 1 NJ W."
ore.
So small had been the expense OF worh
;nc on account of the loose nature OF III
> ore that 8, 20o, 900 of this had been cle'
nrofit. The mine might honestly nav
{ sold for s., 100000. 1t was stocked
: 5000 900. The result was failure
u nav dividends on such 4 capital, a cess
: Hon of working, caving in of the mine'
: d;.rraceful lawsuit, and an lnternatioh;
: : .c,ndal. The nation ut large has llt1le
u ..se the smart In Utah we have one con
= snlation; all the honest work done on u
T. mines was done by Gentle residents, I,
N the fraud was perpetrated by men W.
u live outside of Utah, some OF theh "
's worst enemies. But we have stiler'
,, most of the i'll effects. A clou" y"
III thrown upon Utah mines which de'ay
u u our progress for two years.; II. be"o
h jn Hrner's Mlgaaine for Octo6ef.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

The Norwich ElNtla ~: = \ Sool
deal of disappointment WAS felt recently
over a rcport ihata spotted adder could
he seen on Shctucket street. a il turned
out 10 be nothing hu. = bank clerk with
th" measles
An old preacher. who had several esll'
10 make 4 parish. asked his servant where
he >houll -. ana the servant girl sad
60 where lherr i the most sin. slr
And the preacher concluded that was good
advice and went where there was most
money.
An OIL colorci preacher in this city
was lccturinr L youth of his fold about
The sin of dancing. when the Latter protest
ed that the Bible plainly sad. There Is 4
time to dance. Yes dar am time 10
dance" said the dark divine, and lis
when a boy -is 1 whippin' for Swlne to
ball-AttHti Itit.S.
4 swiss boatman recently pulled a
woud-be suicide out of Lake Geneva An
hour or two after the boatman discovered
the same man hanging by the neck to Il
tree. but did not interfere this time The
magistrate summoned hlm TO answer WHY
he did not prevent the suicide. and he re-
plltu llltl ne >ui'l'O>' ~ =
only hung himself up 10 dry
Among the forms Of insect life there l>
A little creature known To naturali>tS winch
can gather around itself a ~uilltlency OF at
! mospheric air. and - clothet upon. II dc,
srrnIs into th. bottom of the pool: and
Won may see the little diver moving about
arv and ut his ease. protected by his crvs-
tai vesture though the water all around be
stagnant and bitter. Prayer is such a pro,
eector; a transparent ve>ture-the world
sees it not; a real defence, it keeps out the
world. BY means of it the believer can
rather so much heavenly atmosphere
1round him, ami with il descend into the
putrid depths of this contamlnatlng world
| that for a season no evil VIII touch hlih'
and he knows when TO ascend Tor Il new
supply. Communion with God Kept pth-
iel pure in Blbylon.-Dr. Ht""f'H-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
VOL XXXIII

THE SALARIES OF GOVERNORS. New
York pays to its Governor an annual sala-
ry of $4,000. which is the highest paid in
the Union. Louisiana pays 5000, Calf
ornia, $1,000, Nevada $4,000 Eight
states-kentucky. Massachusetts, Missou-
ri, North Carolina. Pennsylvania, Texas.
Virginia and Wisconsin-pay $1,000;
Maryland $4,000. Three states Alabama,
Georgia and Ohio-$4,O 900. Arkansas,
South Carolina and Florida pay each So
800. Kansas. Indiana, Minnesota, Mississ-
ippi. New Jersey and Tennessee pay each
$4,000. Illinois. Iowa and Maine pay
each $4,000. West Virginia pays 5000 |
Connecticut $1,000, Oregon 81 800, Della
ware $1,000. and Michigan. Nebraska,
New Hampshire. Rhode Island and Ver-
mont pay their Governors respectively n
salary OF just $1,000.
The INDEBTEDNESS OF EUROPE.-The
London Ners says: Z" 1t may not perhaps
be without interest to show clearly the
amount of Indebtedness of the six great
powers, Turkey, of course, being left out
for obvious reasons. According to the
latest returns, the liability is us follows:
Great Britain, Els, 900, 900; Austrit- Hun
gary, 1902, 900 900; Germany, 10000
900; France, f93O, ,0OO,0OO Italy, G3J6.-
| 100000; Russia, 1880 100000. There is
| thus y total debt of about twenty eight hun
| dred millions sterling, but this require,
| some qualification. Germany, for instance,
has no real public debt, and the amount
set down merely represents the eXpendi
ture on railways by the various States now
merged in the empire and included in the
Russian total is also the amount under
which she is guarantee for certain rail
ways 1t is, however, not in the extent of
the debt of Il nation, but in its ability to
meet the interest. etc. on it, that attention
chiefly ccnters, and this can only be prop
erly measured by considering the trade,
population, etc, of the various countries.
The total value Of the imports and eX-
ports Of Great Britain, roughly stated, are
fj9O, ,000, 900 annually, being about - per
cent of the debt; France about 80 per cent
of her debt, or u little over 600, 900 900;
Russia, % per cent; Austria-ll hungary. %
per cent; Italy, 20 per cent; but for Ger
many it is not possible to give the actual
percentage in the absence OF full statistics :;
but it stands very high. The amount OF
debt per head of population stands As fol-
lows: France, t25; Great Britain, t23 -
Italy, tl3; Austria, tlO Russia u; Ger
many, 81 In the above, Russia is credit
ed with the whole of her subjects, both in
Europe and Asia. and if the same rule WAS
applied to the British Empire the average
would be under ~ per head.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

RELIGION DECLINING " en- uiiOo'
how is the cause of religion getting alons
in your neighborhood' - Ml3h.y pp3i, 81,
mighty poor No new converts, na ,en' ,,
;. Not a Single onc-not dc sign M OF one
5. What seems to be the matter? ashru D
,he citizen after lengthy pause De
matter is dat some one hez stolen iour ols
,natermelons out o my cart dis afternoon
wa, "'' 7 feel in my bones dat religion Is
',,.;ne down hill all froo dis loc'ilty'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

The assurance of the lightning rod
man was never better illustrated than the
other day when he applied to the president
of Il railway company and wanted to put
lightning rods on all of his cars. Light
ming rods on our ears? asked The latter
why. certainly - What in the world
do we want them for9" " . Because they
make good conductors, replied the man,
as he closed the door hastily behind
him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

LIQUID MANURE>-It is generally be-
lievei that no system of enriching land for
small gardens. with a view to perfection
Of crops. is 80 truly economical and So
easily available as that of liquid manure.
We occasionally hear OF gardener, or an
amateur fruit grower. who has practlced
enricling the crop BY the use Of liquid
manure. but il l. not 4 common practice
SO to enrich our gardens and lawns, how
ever ofttime~ the advocacy Of the rtctlce
h:.> been written. Tie writer rIacticed
the sprinhlng OF a lawn in Il dry season
with weak liquid manure water. and in
the greatest OF heat ana drouth has kept 1t
fresh and green. In the arrangement OF
pot plants, no course of supplying food
equals that o.! :, iudiciou> u-e OF l4uld ma
nure There are in almost every family
waste liquids, which Usually 20 into 4
sewer or drains, or possibly upon tie road.
where they are of no avail. but if saved by
being conducted 10 a tank. along with
the wash waters Of the house would en-
rich an entire garden for vegetables and
fruits. flower borders ct =. and the whole. II
the wash br applied regularly and ut
II ght. after sunset. the LrIcst weather OF
midsummer would not check vegetation.
Ii IN unpleasant odor COMES from the tank.
i little plaster (gypsun). >prinhled IN and
around the tank would keep it sweet and
clean. Again. the Use of liquid manure>
need never delay planting because of ma
nure not beinr on hand. but planting
could proceed, and the application OF ma
nure be made at lei>ur".-F. Il. EUl0t, '4
4lt,rtc,ul H1truI Wont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

GRINDING ToOLS-Edged tools are pre-
pared by grinding. very much AS 4 plank
would be reduced in thickness were 4 large
plane employed IN which were set u hun
,ired or more Very small gouges, each
cutting narrow groove. AS the sharp
grit of the grindstone is much harder than
the iron or steel. it cuts very small chan
nels in the surface of the metal. and the
revolving disc takes away all the ll;tle
particles that are detached by the grit. II
vou will examine 4 tool that has Just been
sharpcned on 4 grindstonc, with i power
tul microscope, you would see that 1t
looks like the rough surface of 4 field
which has lust been ploughed. and rs the
ridges and burrows run together from
both sides, ut the cutting edge, the freshly
sharleneu edge seems TO be formed OF
very small teeth rather than TO he a per-
fectly smooth edge. On this account a
tool should first be ground on 4 coarse
stone. so as to Wear away the surface rap
idly; then polish it on stone of much
finer texture; and then, SO rs 10 reduce the
! burrows AS much as possible. a milestone
% the finest grit should be used lhls
Will give 4 cutting edge with the smallest
J possible separation. Look at Your razor
after YOU have sharpencd it thoroughly
:
through the microscope, and see the sniall
projections or teeth upon its edge. which
appears to the naked eye perfectly smooth
Beginners are sometimes told. when
grinding edge tools, 10 make the stone re
volve toward the cutting edge. and occa
sionally from it. When the first grinding
is being done. it matters little whether
this is attended to; but when the finishing
touches are given near and at the Yer.
edge the task can always be accompll>he,
with much greater accuracy If the peri
pherv of circumference of the grindston
rcvolves toward the cutting edge, for tn
steel which is worn away will then b
. more easily removed; and when ston
runs in an opposite direction. the grlnda
cannot always tell when the tool is full
: ground up to the edge. This is partlcu
larly the case when the steel Is OF sol
. temper The stone. when running trol
l the edge. cannot sweep away every part
: Gle of the metal. but when it revolves te
ward the edge. it carries off all the teatf
cry edge.