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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22
THE POLITICIANS CENTENNIAL HYMN

HE POLITICIANS CENTENNIAL HYM
When Freedom in this modern day
Cnfutled her standard to the air,
The poor mans gold she took away,
And put the glorious Greenback there:
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
promise smart, and full o: lies.
And much too cute to care for shame,
She sold for cash the nations name.
Then from his mansion in the West,
She called the Buzzard to her breast,
And gave the " tender" " to his claw,
The best Creation ever saw"
Majestic Bird! the Peoples guest
Whose faint is borne beyond the sea,
Thou fill'st the once loved Eagles nest
Thy croakinSs lill the vault of Heaven,
And stun the fools who blush for thee :
To Grecnbacks and to Thee It's given
TO make the nations rich and free;
To see the noble men who shrk
May live upon their neighbors work;
To loose the Slave that ploughs and til-,
Ihroush We, We glorious paper mills!
And ope the jllls to liberty
Flag of the brave, thy crimson banl5
Shall bind fair Justices awful hands,
And every star may We'll aspire
To guard the Patriot " under fire"
Epund him, thou holy Tyis, fold
When plunierng fools demand their gold,
While men who call thee sanctiied
Hccause for thee our fathers died,
Because sweet Honesty and Truth
Were dear companions OF thy youth
And Honor, lOyc-led from her throne
Followed whercer thy glories shoue,
shall learn ~e hold thee dear because
w make and execute the laws
Because beneath thee, Flag of hight!
lie wins who holds the richest hand:
Because men fear to guard the right
And money, money rules the land
+ Lax OF the free heart, hope and cheer,
From hand to hand for Geecnbacks riycn
Grant me to guard 1t just Il year,
And make a million, gracious I!cayenl
"hate'er bcti'le, lie, all agree,
No cvllnceIs investigation;
We're perfect, equal, pure and free
glorious, grand Centennial Nation!
i. " s., in y. y. Erening YoSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

would. in all probability, have proved IA
tai to Hancock, Adams, Warren and the
rest of those villains. rs they were all up
in the pulpit together, and the meeting
was crowded with officers and seamcn in
such Il manner that they could not have es-
capped. However, it luckily did not turn
out so; it would indeed have been Il pity
for them to have made their exit in that
way. aS hope we shall have the pleasure
before long of seeing them do it by the
hands Of the hangman. .''-7Ac Bostou
TruuScrint
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\ Taunton man of fortv-siX has had 2

\ Taunton man of forty-siX has had a
checkered career. He has been sbipwreck-
cd once; narrowly escaped baking in a
railroad accident; has been run away with
times innumcrable; was shot in the neck
at Gettysburg; had a taste of the horrors
of Libby prison; fell overheard from a
whaler. and. before being picked up, left
two fingers in the mouth of shark; was
drafted twice; had the right arm broken
in two places during the New York riot
stood on Il barrel with Il halter around his
neck. in an Alabama town, at the outbreak
of the rebellion, from sunrise to sunset; in
1863 was crushed under 4 falling building
during a California earthquake, and was
without food or drink nearly forty hours,
and, when homeward bound from the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

GREETING. OF HNIIs.-The - crccping''
of railroad rails ha, attracted some atten-
,ion of late. and, while we do not attempt
to explain it, we offer a point on the fact
that, on line, running north and south, the
wSetcrn rail "crcep> faster than the east
eln raI-that is, this strange movement
toward the south Is more marked IN one
rail than in the other on the same track.
Furthermore. it has been noticed that on
such Il line the eastern rail wears out the
fastest Both Of these points. we think, can
be explained by the motion Of the earth as
it turns from the west toward the east.
EVERYTHING that has free motion is dag
"cd after the whirling globe; every wind
that blows and every tide that moves, feels
the influence, and our train going north or
south is pulled over towards the east, and
naturally presses the eastern rail most
heavily The western rail, being relieved
of its share of weight, " "crecpS' more free
" and quickly. 1t is also noticed that the
wheels that run on the eastern rail wear
out the first, and we can but think that
this elrth motion is the true cause. The
practical side Of this is that the eastern rail
and wheels should be strongcr--SclcNflFc
1uCric(tR.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

her planking. She has begun to leak, and
the grain is rottin@ in her hold, so that
much valuable property is threatened with
destruction. Again the Privv Council are
pctitioned to have the vessel - discharcit .
of her cargo, and this time that body en-
acted that orders be given for the taking
out of the grain, and for the preservation
Of the vessel, us far as consistent with the
public safcty.-.ScOHlsh american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

What is our proof of immortalliy' Not
the analogicS of nlture-the resurrection
Of nature from Il winter grave-or the
emancipation of the butterfly. Not even
the testimony to the ftct of risen dead; Tor
who does not know how shadOwy and un-
substantial these intellectual proofs be-
come in unSpirltual frames of mind? No;
the life of the spirit is the evidence. Hcav-
en- begun is the living proof that makes
the heaven to come crcdilablc. "C CHRIST
in YOU is the hope of glory.' 1t is the ca
ole eve of faith which pcnctratcs the grave,
and sees far into the tranquil things OF
death. He alone can believe in immortal
itv who feels the resurrection IN him al
ready.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

How LINCOLN GOT Ills EDICATION-
Mr.. Lincoln in the latter Years of his life
was IN educated man. lie did not read
Greek or Latin, nor was he versed in the
.ranslations of classical literature OF in
mythology. but his mind was well stored
with the knowledge of the times in which
he lived He was almost the only man
have ever known who, not having learned
to spell accurately in early life, afterward
became Il good spellcr. Mr.. Lincoln
manuscripts will show that he rarely
spelled :: word wrong. He never studied
English grammar, and for his success il
is perhaps Fortunate that he did not know
how to make complicated sentences lik,
Choato. He never in early life, when his
language was formed, even read tho
British poets or standard English prost
writings, or, if at all TO u very limite de
gree. Hence his language as found in hi,
speeches is the language talked by com
mon people rather than the language ol
literature, and ALI, his similes are from
common life and not from classics, ancient
or modern. His sentences are grammatical
not bec;luce he knew much Of grammar
but because they were simple and 'stramh
like himself The way he became cdrc;t
! lctl w is ny HtNtl Dcll0 a>lEtllctl To confess
his ignorance of what in fact he did no
know. by always asking questions whcr,
he could probably elicit information. an,
by studying all his life. l have seen him
repeatedly around upon the circuit witt
school books. remember once in ptrtic
ulra when he had n geometry His mint
being naturally logical and accurate. tn,
demonstrations hirh he WAS then going
over for the first time struck him wonder
fully. | can see him in memory now sit
ting on the porch Of Burnett> Hotel ii
Clinton, delighted in the proposition thu
tbs square described upon the hypothenus,
of right-angled triangle is equal to tn,
sum of the squares of the other two sides
-LnOn0rd Street
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

- TIE Force OE BIGorEY ."-AS Il con-
sequence of the recent decision of the .Ju-
dicial Committee Of the Priv Council in
the case. kcet V. SMITH" the rector
of Little Petherick. st. Is~ev. Cornwall.
has, in an advertisement in a Plymouth
newspaper. requested correspondents to
address him in future rs g. w. Mannin~.
He adds, Correspondents who prefix to
his name the now desccrated cpithet of
Reverend will please not to be offended
If he rejects their letters. The Clergy
Directory states that G.. W. Manning is
the incumbent of 4 parish having a popu-
lation of two hundred and sixteen. in the
diocese of ENeter,the living is two hundred
and twenty pounds and Il residence. The
GHardtau states that its publisher has re-
ceived several applications from clerical
subscribers that they may no longer he nd
dressed rs Reverend" after the decision
of the Judicial Committee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

Discovery OF A VALUABLE MANU-.
sCEIrr.-A most valuable manuscript has
been discovered in the Azores 1t refer.
to the colonization. in the year 100, of tho
northern part of America, by emigrant:
from Oporto, Aveiro and the Island O
Tcrccira. 1t was written bv Francisco de
Souza in 100. Barboza Machado states
that it was lost during the great earth
quake of Lisbon in l15j. This most i'm
portant document is about to be published
by an erudite Azoran gentleman and vii
throw great light on the disputed question
Of the early discovery of America. Lon
don dnHfnu2ilR.
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pertinent which seemed, likely to reduce
the value permanently; and in the long
run the private companies found that the
experiments of the government were far
less to be feared than the wild and ruinOuS
fluctuations of railroad competition rs it
| was experienced in Great Britain. These
they were exempt from. The competition
they had to meet was decided but of :,
wholly different character from that of the
English or American system. 1t was GER
tain, firm and equally distributed. These
managing state roads acted ut all times
under 4 heavy sense of their responsible
lty; they did not dare to show preference
to persons or localities; they could not do
business for anything OF nothing one day
and the next combine against the public to
make good their losses through cxtortion-
ate charges. In Il word, it was found that
while the competition between private
roads disturbed and .lisorganized railroad
traffic, that between public and private
roads regulated it.
The government, meanwhile, in its turn,
pressed by the competition of the private
lines, found itself compelled to work its
roads on regular commercial principles"
In order to ret business it made special
rates, and if necessary, enter into joint
purse arrangements with its adversarieS
1t made bold experiments, and through
those experiments established what are
now universally recognized principles of
transportation. At other times its expert
ments resulted in failure and were aban-
doned. Yet little Doubt can be entertained
that it was the constant pressure ofcompe
ton which kept the state lines up to their
work and in the advance of railroad de
velopment. The tendency in Belgium
the remaining lines. Should this be done,
it will then remain to be seen whether by
so doing that equilibrium to which has
will not have been destroyed. COMPETE
ton, certainly, will then no longer: exist,
and with its disappearance may also disap-
pear Il strong incentive to activity.
1t would of course be most unnatural to
suppose that the state roads of Belgium
have always given perfect satisfaction to
the community. There have. on the con
trary. hecnycry grave and distinct com
plants in regard to the management but
nothing which will compare with those
constantly made both in Great Britain and
America. TO satisfy every one always is
a result not likely to be attained under
any system or in any country; meanwhile.
it may with tolerabc safety be asserted
that the Belgium system is rs satisfactory
to the people of Belgium rs the nature OF
things human permits that it should be;
certainly the public feeling points very
distinctly towards the acquisition of the
remaining lines Of ;ht system by the GOV
crnmcnt while the sale of the government
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

For the proper protection of furs during
the warm weather. 4 perfectly tight box
or bag. or something else inaccessible to
moths is necessary; we should be careful
to pack them up in season just as soon as
we get through wearing them. or even a
little sooner. 1t is better to unpack them
once or twice. if there comes cold dav.
than be too late about it The little moth
miller makes its appearance much earlier
than some people are aware. and this is
the time when the most mischief is done
The eggs are laid in the fllrs, then the gar
ments are packed away, and when they
are taken out the following winter, they
are found full of moths.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22
The Unsuccessful Family.

goes. Neither in their lives or in their
deaths. in their marriages or in their bus
mess, We're they generally fortunate OF
happy. They had not inherited that Yam
kee elasticity which RECEIVERS instantly
from every strain and misfortune. When
ever they entered upon u struggle they
surrendered beforehand bv expecting de
feat. and thus they grew painfully familiar
with the word fail" One son promised
| to be an exception to this rule A hard
working and honorable lawyer. he gath
cred in early life Il practice of which most
veteran lawyers would have been proud,
and made a new fortune rs soon rs he lost
the old in unfortunate investments. But
his brothers and sisters never enjoyed in
| their homes even Il glimpse of his tran
sicnt prosperity. The other son, Il modest
Methodist clergyman, had 10 clearer idea
of prosperity than distant perspective
could give him. Privation of luxurieS
had been so long his lot that he had ceased
to think of them as att:tinablc. He even
suffered privation Of things necessary
almost to life itself. and knew what hun
ger and thirst and heat and cold We're, a.
few men know them. His income never
exceeded that of 4 pert "smart boy in Il
New ork banking house, though he was
on. of tho host scholars bir .,1l.ro
thronnb which hc ,yo,LnI his v,.,rlN AMY 60.
semi ont and Ills mind was stor.j r;ch1,.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

PEISrEEs.-Thc question why printers
do not succeed as well rs brewers is thus
answered: Because printers work for the
head, and brewers for the stomach. and
where twenty men have stomachs only one
has brains.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22
aMistellanu.
The Plague Ship at Dy>art.

mart Of the South of Scotland, desolatinp
line cities and villages, striking down his
victims at every step, sparing neither age
r,t.-rx. and carving grief and dcsolation
n,o hundreds of happy homes, must have
borne to our forcfathcas an amount of
dread and fear which we in this agc of sci
,n., can but form u faint idea Of 1t must,
.rr rrout-c he remembered that the pest
,,1- considered an incurabe disease: at
least no remedy had deem discovered which
would relieve the sutlerings of the unfor-
innate stricken. who were said to be at
yrp'ca-urc Of God" and were consequent
ty left tO live or die as circumstances will
,Ir. The poor, however, were the great
,-t sufferers forced to remain in the midst
,ftLc ronta@ion. surrounded bv filth the
:, inr feeder Of disease; whilst those DOS
,.-,cd Of wealth fled to healthier places
and mrrr mir. Even the king, who seems
e., lave had Il high regard for royal person,
f.l from the city of Perth on the appear
..u.cuf the plague there. Again. when it
1r5kr cut in Edinburgh, and on the very
dlv the first victim waa stricken, he left
tlscifv and erode to Direton to Il sump-
Hou- banquet prepared by the Earl of Ar
ran Following the example of the KING,
the lords and gentry closed their mansions,
and hUriCllv. and in the greatest fear, de-
parted from the Capital. When such ter
rJr- were excited on land where OppOl tu-
mites of escape offers itself in flight, it is
bGt reasonable to suppose that on the sea,
where no escape was possible, the fear and
alarm felt bv the otherwise brave scamen
mus. have been tcn-fold increased. For the
unfortunate vessel visited by the pest there
v.- no hope Though in sight of land that
WIS no comforts; every port to her was
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22
lie FIRST STEAMBOAT on THE IITD>oN.

y.
he steamboat itself is Il romance of the
Hudson. Its birth was on its waters. where
the rude conceptions Of Evans and Fit II
on the Schuylkill and Delewarc were per
tccted by Fulton and his successors. How
strange is the story of its advent. Growth.
aAd achievements. Living men remember
when the idea Of steam navigation WAS
r'dIculcd. They Remembers too. that when
the titr}lo2A went from New York to Al
banv without the Use Of sails, against wind
and tide, IN thirty-two hours, ridicule was
changed into amazrmont That yoyarc
dld more. 1t spread terror over the surface
OF the river, and created wide alarm along
It's borders he steamboat WAS an awful
revelation to the fishermen, the farmers.
ana the villagers. Ii came upon them un-
heraidet. 1t >eemed ike weird craft from
Pluto ream-a TRANSPORTATION of Char
on boat into a living 1icnd from the infer.
nal regions. Its huge black pipe vomiting
lire and smoke, the hoarse breathing of its
engine, and the great splash of it, uncov-
cred paddlc-whrcl> filled the imagination
with all the dark pictures of COLLINS that
romancc> have invented since the founda-
ton OF the world Some thought it was
| an unhoard-of monster of the So, r:,yarin~
the fresh waters; others regarded il rs a
herald OF the final contlagration at the ,av
OF doom. Managers OF river raft who
SAN it at night believed that the great red
dragon of the Apocalypse was loose upon
the waters. Some prayed for delivcrance :
some fled in terror to the shore, and hid in
the recesses of the rocks. and some crouch
ed in mortal dread beneath their decks.
and abandoned their vessels and them
selves to the mercy of the winds and waves
OF the Jaws of the demon. The Cfcluto,t
was the author Of some of the most Won
d"rtul ronlanc"s of the Hudson, and for
years she was the victim Of the cnmitv o.
the fishermen, who believed thai her noise
and agitation of the waters would driv,
the Slad and sturgeon from the river
Bt|NoII !. L">>jRJ, il Nur,1''S Nag j}1t
for 4Hrji
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

Bridget NacNahon. a devoted Catholic
of Cincinnati. always keeps her Friday
| f:l>:. ANA at hr same time has weakness
for rlw r.rr> One morning there was {:
terriii. scream in the kitchen. and the
i" mistress " rushed in crying out. " Good
ness gracious. Bridget. what i The matter
with v"u2 '-Och. holy murlhor. ihn. |
/ i;>t hrol,cd m cre quit bv accident. mum.
and Swallowed it in :: hurry. mann. for
| fear ;iy it> h, in lost. y ii had :, chicken
in it, mann. An to-days Friday. mum.
! Och. ;,.Ionr
The marriage knot' anon. the Bur
me~c j. very easily undone. Ii two per-
sons tire ~ each others society they dis
solve partnership in the following touching
| but conclusive manner. They respective
! lv li~ht two candles. and shutting up their
| hut. ii down and wait quietly until they
are burned out. The one whose candle
huns on, first gets up 1t once and leaves
the house (and forcvcr). taking nothing
but the clothes he or she may have had on
ut the time; all else becomes the property
of The other party.
The value of rabbits artiiicially bred in
France IL food, is reported to he $50. .O00,-
l0o0 annually. Besides this their skins.
which are employed for n great variety of
uses. either with or without the fur. re-
present large sum, the value of the eN-
portation to Italy alone reaching So, ,000.-
900 in a single wear. The flesh of these
rabbits is used principally by the poorer
classes. whom it supplies with a cheap
and nutritious diet, which if it could only
be supplied from beef. mutton. and pork
they could not afford
Sir Isaac Newton. very wise and
cOodlv man, was once examining Il new
and very fine globe, when 4 gentleman
came into his study who did not believe in
a God. but declared the world we live in
: came by chance. lie was much pleased
with the handsome globe and asked:
f :. Who made it?'' . Nobody" answered
, Sir Isaac; . it happened here The gen
tlcman looked up in amazemcnt 1t the
answer, but he soon understood what it
: meant.
, \ prudent mother of wealth and respec-
liability residing in Chicago. has brought
Up her accomplished and beautiful daugh-
ters to do washing and ironing. When
questioned as to the cause of this some
what unusual proceeding, the prudent
| matron replied: oh, it Is always we'll to
be prepared for any contingency Per-
| haps some of the poor children may marry
an Italian count.
In England they tell how Sankev walk
ed up to a grenadier, and, taking him af
: fectionately by the belt. said. Young
man, likewise am 4 soldier, a soldier of
heaven" "Old 'un," returned the grena-
.. der you're a long way fiom the bar
, racks, anyhow
Work is healthy; you can hardly put
, more upon a man than he can bear. Wor-
, ~ is out rest upon the blade. 1t is not the
5 revolution that destroys the machinery.
, but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but
, love and trust are sweet juices. -.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22

mines Of White Pine region. narrowly
escaped lvnchin@ through a mistake in
person. Amid all, he preserves his equa-
nmitv. and refuses to believe that luck is
against him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22


PREHISTORIC MAN Science Is often
made the subject ana Victim OF lIre>l>tl-
ny ludlcrollS sa.lr': Marh wan ; slolE OF
Me ittrllIcd Nan louhd III lalll"rnla, Is
one OF those exceedingly rIch things that
the reader Is not likely TO forget. ne
jury which Marh represents as having he!d
an inquest ON the petrlilcatlon. came TO
the sage conclusion That " death ensued
from cause 10 the Jury unknoWn Alter
the Jury had rendered their verdict, then
came til" question a> to . what was to be
done with the body" " hen they attempt
ed to = raise It, they found 1t firmly con-
neeted to the rock on winch II rested.
imagine me quaint HuinOf Ol tne olu MI
ucr who Wa~ one OF the jurors, IN overcoM-
in- the "Htmma. h" suggested they
drIl! under It. pat IN Il blast OF poWder'
AMI " blow nun ont. 20 that thy might
give HIM Chrl>tan burial.
And now comes an exceeding numerous
incident which Is >ald TO have tran>plrrd
IN New Lealand. Not long since there
was con>iderahI" excitement IN the >cI"n-
utlc world over the discovery "f the re-
MAINS ct Il prc-hlstorc man IN that tar
of land The learned Dr. iial>t demon
suttrd that the bones belonged TO the
p'I'oIlthlc ace. while Others athou-ll