Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-10


that he goes To Windsor now only for the
unaccu>tomcd task of putting on paper an
oratlon' the materials for which are al
ready arranged in his mind. and a, well
prepared us it has been his custom to pre-
pare for any even of his most important
public addresses
good anccdote has Lately crossed the
ocean OF an American GIRL who was play
inc croquet in England last summer.
= What Il horrid scratch,' said She. indig-
nantly, when her mallet once failed of its
duty and She missed her shot ION. my
dear, said an English cousin, Won
should not use such slang expressions"
" What should have s,id9' asked the
American. on might have said re-
piled the English maiden, after canvas>ing
her vocabulary for Il perfectly unrNcep-
tlonahI" phrase" You might have said,
What Il beastly luke
Mrs. Mo>hcr. the widow of .. BIZ Mo
shcr. one of the abductorS of Charlie Ross.
who was killed at Bay Ridge Long Island
visited Wcstcrvclt in his cell in the Phila-
dclphia pcnitentiarv. on Saturday, to OBJ
tain, if possible, from him the Whereabouts
of the missing boy. She told him that She
had seen Gov. llarranft about the NATTER
and was auth riIcd to say that. if h.
would tell all he knew about the hlnap-
ping. She would procure him Il pardon
within ten DAYS. Wcs,crvclt. however. de-
MED any knowledge of the AFT lir other
than that he went into the conspiracy in
the hope of gaining the reward. and.
though Mrs Moshcr pleaded with him to
make full confession, he Stoutlv asserted
his innocence in the matter
Celia Logan knows of Il Washington
young lady, Il worry excellent manager in
point of toilet, who received this winter
three different invitations to balls. She
had but one ball dress, Il beautiful white
crepe, brought here from China hv a
sailor brother. Go to these balls in the
same dress she would not, and She could
not talk papa into buving anything new
so she wore the white crepe to the first
ball. and had it dvel pink for the second.
hah the dye extracted and the dress re-
dyed blue for the third and all for the
tcW dollars her father gave her for gloves.
fan, etc. II She receive, another inyi-
tation to party, ~he says She will have
the blue dye taken ont and have it white
again
Mr.. JAne, Lick, the Californian philan
thropis;, has the rcputlion Of driving a
close barG"in. The following ancclote i
told of him: When hr was cnoarcI in
grading his grounds n Alyi~o ne employ
ed a larrr number nf horse, and cart,
Hayin~ need of lnuthcr hor.,. NO .out II.
uenhrv to hire nnr. of , nci.,Lbnr .,,rr...
in@ To pav a dollar = dYv for ir>u.r In
a few DAYS h. ~rnt to jn.,l,irr thu. price Of
the horse. which tLro\yr,l. ,I.,rn1 at $40
No answer wa, rrtuirrI .,nJ ,ft,r soma
month. Mr. Lick sent f.rL.. nn;.,lI,,u. tn
come over and he vnuI pay Linn for lis |
horse. knowiur his rrnuf.l,inn for clos.
calculltion in money nll,trrs Mr. + rx-
uccted to receive only the $50. but ON
presenting himself MIR. IJrh referred to
hi, book. and. tin,lir,r that Lr had had tL.
horse l}Jd.,v.. handed over Sopi with I'M.
dry remark, l. believe it would have been |
five months ago.
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