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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

If our British cousins bore in mind the
maxim inculcating the undesirabiltv of
stone-thrOWlnT on the part Of those living
i'll glass houses, we should hear less phar-
lSalcal comment on our errors from acrUss
the water. A late debate in the House Of
Commons brought out the facts of frauds
IN the furnishing of supplies for the people
OF India during the recent rice famine.
that are crrtanly Y not parallelcd IN magnl-
tudc and etlrontcry by IN American scandal
of this generation. 1t appears that rcytI-
lar plan of magnifying the extent and
severity OF the famine for the benefit of
contractors existed, and large amounts of
private ana newspaper >pondence.
continuing the most narrowing details. and
purporting to come from India, was in re-
allty gotten up IN London in pursuance of
this policy. Dishonesty WAS equally pre-
valcnt among the English officials in India
In one ease The English government appro-
pllatcd four million pounds of rice to sup
ply province in face OF Il report that fixed
the necessary amount ut less than a million
the balance being prc>umptivcly rmhcz-
ZIcd. In another instance where 10000
tons OF rlcc were appropriated, only lOO, 200
ever were accounted for; the rest went no
body knows where. here WAS no end to
the frauds. embcZIlcmcnt, and irregulari-
ties pcrpctrated in connection with the re-
lief works organized for the benefit of the
famine sufferers. Much of the money ;d-
vanccd for this purpose was expended in
private enterprises, and of half Il million
pounds paid out in one instance it is
known that hut i tritling proportion reach
ed the sufferers. The selfish ~rccd and the
unblushng fraud thus exhibited by British
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
by WILL NJ. CARLETON


Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck thcm with garanis, these brothers OF ours
Lying so : lent by i,ht and by day,
sleeping the wears of their manhood away,
Year, they have marked for the joys of the brave
Years they must waste in the mouhiering grave.
All the bright laurel, that waited 10 bloom
Fell from their hopes, VIII N they fell to The tomb
Give them the need they have won in the past,
GIVE thcn the hDnors the future forecast
Give them tee chaplcts they won in the strife,
Give them the laurels they lps with their l'.
Cover them over, yes cover them over
Parent and hu,b tut, brother and lpvcr:
Crown in your hearts those dead heroes of out,,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers
Cover the l.tcc1 that motIOnlces lie.
shut fl ON the blue of the glorious sky.
Faces once dcckc,l VITA the smiles Of the Gay,
Faces nov marked with the irown OF decay.
Eyes that looked friendship and love to your own
Lips tibet the thought OF affection made known,
Hrows you have soolhc i'll the hour OF distress.
Checks you have frightened by tender cncos.
OH how they CLEANED at the nation, hrst cry
Oh how they strcamcd when they babe you good
by.
Ont how they -,iowcl n the battles fierce n.lmc'
Oh how ihry palcti when the death angel came
Cover them over, yes, cover them over,
Parent, son. husband, brother and Lover
Kiss IN your hc.nts those dead heroes OF Out-,
And cover them ove. with beautiful fl overs.
Cover the hand, that are lying unulc'l,
/ Closed on tie bosom OF low at the SIDE.
Hands To u, mother. in infancy tmoHn.
II nd, win. II You, iathcr. ril~pci close N You
own.
Hands, uuclc }nu. sister, when trlc ami h ed
Hung for rrotcrtIop, and counsel. and al.
iJand that YOU, brotaer, in LOYALTY knew.
Hands that You, VIE, wrun@ IN bitter II ilcu
Br.ycly the mu>het ana sabre thcy bore
Wold, OF devotion they wrote in their soIc
Drand!y they -rlSle! lor a s.ttllnd OF h-hi.
Cat hing the mantle of ,lc lth ia kcnel night.
Cover them over Oh cover them over,
Parent, son, husband brother and lover
Crown IN your hearts those dead heroe, OF Vur-.
AMI cover thc.n over with br 4utl1ll flowers.
Cover the feet that al weary and torn,
lIlthcr by coIuta Ic- were tcnicIly borne.
Feet that have trojler IN npvcry way,
Close Dy yuur own N Inc oil happy day.
Feet tnat have pressed III ME, opening morn,
Rose, OF pleasure, .suI dt.sth'. poisoned thpln.
swiftly they rushed g. the help of the right
t.rnly hey >;o,d IN the 7h,.N OF Tie h.nt.
>e'>r -ll..t the enemy '- huuyIn- tramp
Summon t.rn I,.th t.nm tur.r death -ultl,
camp,
Nv'cl t!j! the hl-lc ol ,,tur4vl ~.uuI
WIZ tnr4 come on. vi tlclr ,ou.n N tuc X ,unl
Cover tAclu over yc-. cover tnc,n over.
Parent an, iu -h.nd, brother ami lover,
MS ln lour h-.ut- tho~" .!r.tl heroes of uu-.
Ana cover them oy,r s,I,i. 1c.tllllui npW,t-.
Covcr the .,..c,- l!.t; l.y,c bc,,,ca -, h.-,lI,
Beaten Wsa hopes th.i were born batto ,i,r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

THE WILL OF One OF THE ANDERSON
VILE PRISONEES.-An old. torn will. one
sheet Of large, old fashioned letter paper,
was lately received in the Surrogate> Office
New y ork City. \ corner i, cone.and the
sheet is broken in every crease, and mendcd
by paper pasted on to unite the several
parts. The edges are ragged like those of
an old book. Wafer, WAN and pieces OF
postage stamps remain here and there,
where the worn document has been mend
ed and mended again. The ink is soaked
and spread, and two large white spots
mark where the writing WAS nearly etflceo
! by water. This paper is a relic Of til,
war. and has survived prisoners and trans
fers By difficult Journeys in the pocket 0
a soldier: and, after eleven wears. make
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

SLENCE.-Oh, the matchless power of
silence. There are words that consecratc
in themselves the glory of 4 lifetime; but
there is a silence that is more precious
than they Speech r,pples over the sur
face of life, but silence sinks into its depths.
Airy p.easantness bubbles up in airy.
pleasant words Weak sorrows culver
out their shallow being and are not. When
the heart is cleft to its core. there iG nc
speech or language.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

GIEIIi.-H'y> TN or twelve, seen on
the street, appear teArtIe>> and without
-ympltlr. and NJ You wron. them
Among the houses on Gin on street is on,.
Which has missed many p,nr~ of glass
in il Windows Rus anl papers are
u~rd +" keep thr cold .r ont or il may
blow in AMI whistle through the dr>olat,
rooms without lrt or hinlcrnntr. \ Girl
of TN. Whose life had 0rcu one long peri
oI Of hunger, ptjn ana misery. was taken
sick one dny in March, and people pass
n- hy could see her lviny on a miserable
bed nc.lr on, IF the windows. 1t WAS cu-
liou~ that ANY ut the BOYS coming or going
should have stopped To- think or care about
it, but they did. One of them. feeling sad
at ~i@h' of the sufferers pale face. handed
an Orange through !. broken pane SAW it
rlr~pcd hv slender white fingers. and then
ran away. He told other bows. and bv
and hv there wasn't a day that some lad
didn't halt At the window 10 pass in fruit
or flowers. None of them knew the fam
ilv or ever spoke TO the girl. and 50 they
gave her the name of Gcrtic AMI called
her their orphan. The BOYS went without
marbles and the other things which be
l"nr to bnvhooi sports that their pennies
iniUIIt bUN an orange. lemon or some Slni- =
pie flower tur Grrtir. and heir an Nictv for
pcr to get we'll was fully rs great as the
doctors or the mothers. Whatever pres
rnt they had they handed it through the
br"krn pane. waited for her to reach up.
AID never fingered longer than to hear :,
soft " thank vnu from her lips. Davs
went hv. but the bows did not crow weary
nor did they miss Il day. 1t WAS romance
and charity so we'll combined that it glad
dcncd their hearts and made them fond
o! each other. Yesterday morning a lads
hand, holding Il sweet flower and a bio
orange, Went To the window. No white
fingers touched him aS they ~ru>pcu the
offering. He waited \ moment. and then
with 4 beating heart looked through into
the room. The bed had been taken away
On Il table rested 4 plain coffin, and on
the coffin was a bunch of faded flowers
which had been handed through the win
dow the day before. Death had been
there and the boys no longer had :, mis-
sion.
lou might not have seen the boy hiding
i'll a doorway and wiping tears from his
eyes. He was seen, however. and when
rs >A"d the cause of his sorrow. he sobbed
| out the whole sad romance in four words
= Our Gertic is dead. = Detroit Free
| Press
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
\ HINT FOR Nix. D,EWrH ,-onr,

\ HINT FOR Nix. DAEwIH-A vonno
philosopher Of seven Years of ace. who
had not GOT far enough 10 hear the Holy
Scripture disputed by science, listened nj;
t"nlivcly in his father, parlnr the other
evening TO Il warm discussion on the Dlr
winian theory, and. after the guests hac!
dcp"ted. somewhat surprised the ptternal
with
" Father. don't believe Mr.. Darwin i.
right
What = said the ptrent, looking down
1t tins unexpected reaeoner, who stool be-
tore HIM with u little Bib" IN hi, hand;
- N"n do not, and why?
Brctu>e, plpa. my Bible >ay~. 'Gol
created man in His own image and
don believe it was :, monkrv.'
Well, well" said lil. sire, lau-hinr
= ran along, Tommy; vou are too vol,nr
To talk about such things
" Bat, papa, almost the next verse st1..
God saw everything H.. had made. .n,t
hclloli It MS Very good; ROW it wasn't
good II men We're monhcvs. va. il for
T"u trr -.op.icr th;,n Il monkey. amt ynu.
papa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

III RAMP N TIE NINrELNTH GIN
RI Although HillvIna.,. had lonr died
ont in England, aud had been suppressed
even IN the western countries before thu
latter part of l. lltheth'S reign (.J1 y the
condition of the hired l;,borcr was such
Ihu, from I modern point of view. nc
could II t fairly be called Il free man. hi~
employers, the landowners. passed laws
winch kept him IN safe oi iIaf-bondtrc
to Themselves HIS wage, were, fixed by
ihr justices ot the peace, according to the
price of fool. II he refused 10 WORK at the
rate Of WI-"~ offered, or went ont Of th.
country IN search Of hi Cher WAGES. h., BE-
rllnr II the eve of til" Lax a rugl, and =,
va-abond. The laws aEtin>t such We're
extremely severe. ANY person for tn.
lir~t tim" found - wandering OF ro-uinr
about. WAS T. br whipped on tn nakeI
back unit! til" body WIS bloody. and then
sent from ptri>h to parish >trliyhtw.ty TO
the place OF his birth; OF, if ,hi> WAS no.
known. then 70 III" +. l:li~h wh"re hr I:t>t
dWelt for tllr space Of one Year. t9th Eli/.,
l5tD. " Poor Tom. SAYS Elrar, in
hulY L,,r. when he plays the mailman,
: who i whipped from tyihins to t;,hinr.
and ~,ockcI and punished. AMI impri~on-
cl. In order that 4 va-r,nt might hv
rccogniz Il. hr was branded, on the left
shoulder with the letter K, and if u second
tim" found bcyginC or wandering about
wI~ to be tajuiG"d I felon and hang, l..
CA James |. l6uN. This btrbtrou~ law
though probably not often enforced to is
whole extent. was quite in keeping with
the crlmlnI lcgisinti N of the time. which
condemned the thief. who stole any article
l.,f1,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
The Post Office

they pay postage. We hal all sorts Of
things at the f.tir-fi>h ponds and grab
bt|>. 1t WAS mean to put 80 mtny tracts
IN those. | do say; and, rs told you. we
kept Tho post Office, tnl don t know how
1t came into nv head to write two letters
Just alike: Meet me ut the oak tree ii
Non have not forgotten the past, anl pat
them into pink cnvt lopc~: but We wrote
trash Of all kinds, of course
he OAK tree wl> Just outside the room
where we held the :;,ir, the biz ronm of
the academy; and there WAS a nice bench
there: so it struck me to write the notes
'Glvc one to II lady and one 20 gen
=. tlcman, said |. And Ann Lam. who dc
llvcrcd the letters, laughed mcrlily.
Whoever gets those viii be sure 10 %
70 the trcc,' she said; and almost "a She
spoke mp came DIR. St,,elwa@"on the old
blchclor in Bluchill, and putting lis head
IN at the window, SAID, slowly:
Young l.dics-;,rc there any letter,
! for me-
Yes, >ir; one for Dir. >teelwargon, :
cried Ann.tn>>ing me Il pink envelui,- and
| addressed il. lIe ptil t liberal postage.
I he was sure t. do ;litt-anI away h,.
went.
! Watch him for half an hour. ana vun
will $40. h;p, T., t1,. "a ,.,l =. ,,.l a.,
! And ,,r,.' rrn7.,h in H.. t.m. ,l,,n ,II,,
we s,,v Ii,,, Mix. Iii. ,,..,,|,,,t ,L.. I1I
md III I|wr rn'1,. ~. ,,., ~ ,ha ,1,nnn' ,,,
! lirbt - ''- ''''
"N.n n,-.~ 1o.. ,1.;,. ,.,;,,. .,i.,
/ Ann
D..v..n,an3 sli...,,,... ,;aI
And i,J ,r. p .,'
l.,,,ni.,..,,l .I;., \
n'Ina, ,,aV oI'',. .''' '''''''' ''' "''''F l'iN
Ia, ,,,',,. ,........ ...:,;..
,,r,.,t,',II ,'l,. =, ~, .:,h
pHe.'t y, o''I '.','t ~ bl''' 9'I"' WIN 'n'
80 - .'I''9 oI i,''l ''e IT lier f'e'k:
i''r' -" Ie'''lS ioI me, NY "t II
>n' S,.' ".
''I''' -H'-1 h'!i,''' ~ AM.
0l' II l''i''t'' "" 'I' l''hh envelope num-
'''' :" - a. >I'' re-.
-; ''U''- ..'' S':''''''' liiIii AZ n
'l'r Wa q i"Fr letter sii' S'id' as she
"''.N,H W., ="
- ~ ' n A' :
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

n one square Of II lines less Of Agate type on
ms l' ; N Tor each sUhst luent 25ceufs
N nc iii4h"r OF insertions marked on the ad-
--S'ii''it u Viii be continued until ordered
Ian raj discount made aud
tisiug by he year
fropate2hd commissioners Notices s. Cteach.
for ho'es nf l-ibaratlons Fstravs tho T ,-rratiop
ION OF "iartntr trSle. 5c 81 - each Tor
company I'll" letter 49, 80 o.
H'4rts IN news columns. IL cents Yer line -. in
7efH"h "ut no charge made "t less tlaI. 81 cents
Notices II Deaths and Marriages Inserted gratis
tn rateUf five cents uerlIue. - ="
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

For some time past the clerks ut the sta
tlon on Fourteenth and Main street. Louis
vile, have been ;nnoycd bv gort~ that in
fest that immediate, locality. Not satisfied
with the other dcvilmcnt th->,. s1v ras,..,l>
nre guilty of. they chew All the tars OF.
the cotton bales sent there for shipment.
thereby causing I great dead Of truuhl. in
shipping the cotton. The other day the
clerks surrounded about 4 dozen Of the
@pat> and succrc'Ie,l in driving them into
i box cr alongside the platform AMI f.>-
tenlnT the door. That night there was :.
r;trl"ad of @oat~ gong north. hitcLcd to u
freight train The car Wa lrft at Indian
apolI>, and the neat day the door WIS
thrown open and the goats ra~hed ont and
made 4 raid through ,Ie town. ul~-tting
and bnttln9 clerks. hanl~. boxes. balcs.
etc. IL they escaped. N"t hciny apprised
of the shipment hy Way bill. The Ind m
tpoli> cicrh> chased them All over town.
"n'i'avoling 10 capture them. of coar,e
bcllcVlng the company WoNld have t. lrtv
ior them rs : lost freight" if they wcr.
not caught. BY night Il / were eau -it ana
pat back in the car \ di>pttch WAS sent
~ the station man in Louisville: Send
on your way bin, Got ;tll the goats" \
dispatch went back III r"pIv: Don't wan I
any. 1t 'cm 60. The rt-" in Indian
p1li~ Wa said 10 he very exciting.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

a sister the heir of :, dying captive's back
pay.
Peter Toner dictated his will in Anler
sonVlIle prison. He died a few d,v-
atterward. on the evening of Sunday Nav
10Th, 1861. of drop>ical Starvation Three
wan soldiers signed their names rs wit
nesses: One. Jeremiah O'Mahony, who
wrote the will, was evidently :, man of ed
ucatlon. lie other two witnesses were
Jonn Burke and Farigal Gallaher John
Burke. who was kindly mentioned in the
viii, did not live to inherit the item men
toned as his due, but made his will also
and ditd on july ooh, about two month,
after Peter. Farigal Gailaler. the tlhir,
witness. signed hi, \, and died month
bet"re Burke, al Of starvation.
Michael Dou"hcltv, who offered the will
for PROBATE now Of Bristol, Bucks County
Pennsylvania, brought it away. and il
came near being destroyed Is he crossed
the jackson river, Mississippi, with tiv,
huhdr"d other men in water up to thcil
waists, on the way to Nicksburg for cx-
change i'll April 1860. They were al
Icnn> >vlvanit volunteers. Another ul,
""nrtde and fellow prisoner was found on
Staten Island, Walter Webb. who having
been sworn rs :. witness, testified to The
gcnuncnr>s of the signature, Of the de
ceased men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
4}listrllanu.
Tea and Tea CHlture.

h4t the discrepancy is immatcri-
HE constant disposition of our her
.s,fl-'o CLOSE bcgat in him holy
..,....t the weakness Of the flesh
a. n -.o,mr Indifference to physical
,u. >crlcjou> rhronicler (>corning
f.L probability asserts, thcrcup-
.., on tie offending eyelids and
l.au to the ground. 70 Il con-
,.....I. who lived near by. this little
J.. .l,ucLltiOn was especially graf
nd accordingly the cyelids were
..,, -utout and @row, generating, not
...4 4rlut but the tea plant. in the
-.. lh.rh may Vet be traced the lids
... .-l.- If the pious hermit. While
.u may not be strictly true. it
.-.- l- vcraciou> rs any other Chi
,... counting for the origin of tea
-... Who iir~t found the leaf, brewcd
lI.t cheers but not inebriatcS, "
4togcthcr silent. On the first
III. u.uy lH>t, there existed in stock
-...!a,unc 100, 100, 900 lbs. Of Chi
80. r1rr-onjing Il value Of nearly
..,... Ihr quantity exported from
=. II. uitrd States. for the wear
..rr. l~14, WIS 1881 500 lbs, ,
-.,...,1 value of 2l,2l2,334 These
-..c sufficient 10 Indicate the enor-
uMurr comprised under the
ut .t,l trade; but they do not by
.- represent the proportions of
t,Iiiic, since they relate TO
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

Three words as to making tea bv the
way of conclusion. and these are: Don't
boil it; to do 50 is u barbarism. Theme in
tea, like catfein in coffee, is a volatile prin-
ciple which boiling drives off. leaving only
a decoction Of the bitter a,trinccnt residue
for which we know no better name than
Liquid hcadache generator. 1t is Il strong
stomach that can withstand more than Il
pint Of the smmcrtd ;,bomination sold in
restaurants under the name of tea. Tea
well made Is fragrant. aromatic, and cX-
cccdlnTly grateful to ihc taste; tea badly
made has :; flavor like boiled broomS The
rule for making good tea is first to scald
the teapot, put in the tea pour on ticrccly
boiling water, cover tightly, and if green
tea, serve Immediately, or if black tea.
stand near a fire for five minutes. Ger
talnly no rule could be simpler than thu, ;
and Yet in the average household, there is
none for which the Ilish han lmaid enter
tains more profound contempt.-Scica-
hfc AmCrtcdH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07
\ >IpI'N w ,RHGnKS DIAM Am

\ >IpUN w ,RHGnEs DIAKl Among
the Interesting relics bropyht back bv cen
tlrmcn connected with General Crooks re-
cent expedition against hostile Indians
and found in the village Of Crazy Horse.
after il was abandoned hr the band and
previous II il destruction hv General
Crook 50 dicr>. WAS Il book full of curl
Gus drawings. which appear TO bra militia
~ record expressed in picture form of
some one of tie Young warriors belonging
10 the Indian band We have seen the
book. which contains many sketches. r.
marhablt for the bold dclineation and
truthiulnc>> to nature hearing in mind. of
course. that the same i the work Of an
untuored artist.
The pictures represent attacks on Amer
lean wagon trains. parties travelling along
the highway. In few instances female
figures occur. The victims are pictured :.s
being >ctlpcd. shot with rifles and arrows
and stabbed with lancc> In some Of the
pictures the parties attacked are Indians
of other tribes. Crows and PawnceS being
especially noticeable Nearly all the
scenes are painted in bright rolor>; the
hl;c forms of the murdered soldiers and
the red trappiny~ Of the SioaN braves are
especially vivid. 1t is quite certain that
every scene So pictured was an actual o.
currtncr. The warrior To whom this book
belonged has u Very SanGuinarv record. il
that is true. Tine book itself appears to
have been an account book that was stolen
from some post-trader. 1t bears date S6H
-U,n uid 4, puL(icun
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

GtIIIvEEs TKAvEIs.-Gulliycr'> Ira
vel, contain the intcn~c-t tragedy the
world has ever listened to-. and vet per
force the world must laugh ut its own pitt
ful discontinue. For Il century and :,
nalf it has amused our children and given
food for laughter to Our men. The move
ment of the whole is so easy and 50 ll9ht
that we hardly notice that with the writer,
we are actually >corning ourselves, casting
down our cherished idols and tramplln"
them under foot He never loses our sym
pathv for one moment. lie leads Us stcl
hy step, till We actually admire his malcs-
tv Of Brobdignag when he passes this Yer
diet on us Il cannot but conclude the
bulk Of Your natives f. be the most pernl-
cious race Of little odiOUS vermn that ma.
ture ever suffered to crawl upon the face
! of the earth" When we have seen our
selves in the YallOoS (Who still want the
crowning malady Of rcason), how ready
we are to recognize the good sense OF the
| IIouyhnhnm reflection. ''hOw vile as wei
a, miserable. such creature with smal
urOportiOn of reason might be. How
proud we feel when the superior Houy
| hnhnm honors our race in Gulllvcr by
Gently raising his hoof for him to kiss
Human nature does not learn to amend 1t
self. but it cannot avoid knowing itsel
through humor Ike this british CHnfet'
In RO1lW.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-06-07

Til. ORANGE FREE SrArE-A curious
proof Of the extensive international char
tt;rr "l the Exposition is afforded in the
exhibition Of .slc products and manufac-
tires Of a small republic in The southern
pat of Africa. The Orange Free St,tc i,
situated north Of tie British colony of the
cap" Of Good Hope. 1t i, inhabited bv
Dutrh emirrtllt> and their dr,ccnIcnt~
called totrS, and native ktflir>; the form
CT. numbering about 10000, and the latter
21.o9u. The government is Republican.
ana i, administered hy Il President and
lr@i,ia,iv" body called the Nolkor;r.d
he pdtch coloni~ts in 1889 left lh. Cap,.
and sought new home in the wild coun-
try on the Orange River in order 10 escape
from British rule. After = prolonged
S'ra4-le wijh th"ir opprc>,ov~ and the
hostile native tribes. their independent
'-trncc W;t- granted by Great Britain in
l>jl, and the community has since retain
"a pros porous possession Of il, territory Of
.tb'ut 1p.nnl square mics.
lAr FIR away Dutch-Air.can rcuuhlic
-.l,l> L ctr!it;tlic Show ot exhibits 10 thu.
Crnte nnill where many thotI>:lnl, OF
visitors Will first ir Urn it, c\i~,rnc. when
they >rr the orange and yellow draperv.
ant read "DrIngr Free N..ltc' inscribed
over the .ntr:tl.cr Of til" >mall cnclo~urr
ilt, occaplr> acp!rer OF the main build
In- MrurS, 1" ,he principal cn:r,n Z 10
the Grounds som" IF the exhibit, are -
Interesting ~ llrv are curious. A. !,
specimen of the WctIrh Of their di,nund
iir.d- thry ~hpw dam N! in the roar,
Woslh about S..o'p. -AWong the proofs
ut thcu Wt1Ith IN Will amin ~ are some