Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-04

Wnen tIineS improve, ii Ill ONO Scal' @zOo'-
000 lie dug it out of the earth-no specu-
lation. Can this be done by one young
man alone in Vermont? No.
GREEN MOUNTAIN Boy.
The last legislature passed an act leav-
ing the first Tuesdays of March and Sep
tember out of the list of legal holidays,
and inserting in the list the 30th day Of
May, commonly called Decoration Day.
When you try to carry home Il heavy
article, you should take every advantage
Oft. Some men who can carry jug of
whiskey home when it is kept in the jug,
require the aid of two policemen when
they attempt to carry it home inside me.
Some of the newspapers are trying to
make out that Gen. Devens lost four or
five legs when in the army. Gen. Devens
has as many good legs as his predecessors
of the last eight years, and, in addition,
brains and a conscience.
Mr.. Hewitt expressed willingness to
hold Mr.. Hayes hat during the inaugura
tion exercises, But as it was II very fine
one, and the only one he had, the Presi-
dent wisely declined with thanks, and sat
down upon it till Mr.. Hewitt disappeared
in the shadowy distance.
A good indication of the new time in
Washington is the fact that all the furni.
ture and fixtures Of the Washington Club
House are advertised for sale. 1t has been
the headquarters of a Congressional lobby,
as well as for all the leading rings which
have preyed upon the District.
A curious practice prevails at IIavre,
France, Of devoting to public charity one
franc in each thousand of the sums received
at public auction of merchandise or ships.
1t is paid by the purchaser, and last year
amounted to about $1,000. In Bordeaux
the same is done by dealers in wool and
skins.
A use has been discovered for the hith-
erto ornamental polecat. A Nebraska
farmer recently noticed ono of the tribe
busily eating from the ground in a field,
and an examination discreetly made after
the animal retired-showed that it had
stripped the ground over which it had
passed of grasshopper eggs, which were
about ready to hatch.
Wives and mothers should ALWAYS strive
to make home happy, so that it may be a
place of pleasure for the husband and
father 1t has been remarked that no
statue which the rich man places Ostenta-
tiouslY in his window is to be compared to
the little, cxpectant faces pressed against
the window.pancs, watching for papa,
when his days occupation is done"
The HISTORIAN Patriarch of Persia, hav-
ing placed himself under the care" of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, announces
to the American missionaries who have
labored there over forty years at an ex.
pense of $25, 900. that 'no other mission
aries than those of the church of England
are to address his people" The mission
aries have memorialized the Archbishop on
the subject.
A gentleman travelling in Ohio, some
years ago, turned in at country tavern
for dinner. The bar-room was garnished
with dirty wash-basin, piece of soap
the size of lozenge, and square yard
of crash, dimly visibly through epidermic
deposits. Having slightly washed, the
traveller eyed the rag doubtfully, and
then asked the proprietor: Haven't t
you, sir, about the premises this-year' S
towel?"
A st. Louis negro, who was killed the
other night by man whom he had as
saulted with IL knife, was found to have
upon his person eleven sears from stabs
received in street fights. In his pockets
were also found a number of " charms ~
two potatoes, to ward off disease; rab.
bits foot, which he held in his hand " fol
luck in throwing dice; an herb, to en-
able him to choose winning numbers in
policy playing, and a peculiar shell, tc
drive away evil spirits.
The British public is beginning to feel
alarm at the tremendous rates of speed, in
some cases as high rs 10 miles an hour
which are common on some OF the great
railway lines between London and Liver.
pool and London and Edinburgh. When
ever accidents occur on these roads they
are terribly fatal, and the Iron, railroad
paper, declares there is something radi
cally wrong in such Il system. The travel
ing public, however, complain that the
trains are too slow.
1t is told of the presidents son, Mr.
Webb Hayes, that when lie returned from
college it occurred to him that be nigh
be II more muscular Christian than wa:
his distinguished father. Accordingly, ht
gave good-humored challenge to II wres
Ting match to that kindly person. and i
was instantly accepted. There WAS ~ pic
turesque struggle for few minutes, ant
somebody emphatically measured hi:
length upon the floor, The young gentle
man has never challenged his venerable
father since.
Prof. Ilayden's explorations next sum
mer will traverse II region of which on
present knowledge is very indefinite. Tht
Rocky Mountain area, north of the Union
Pacific Railroad, has only attracted min
ing settlements in few localities The
geography of all parts of the Unite,
States ought at lenst to be tolerably wei
known, and it cannot be without such ex
ploraiion; and there is besides always tn,
chance, not 10 say the probability, of val
, liable discoveries us to the whereabouts 0
metals and minerals.
There is no better index of the standin!
of u nation, says the Philadelphia Press
than the market value of its bonds The
are delicate barometers, whose rise or ftl
indicates the prosperity of the governmen
they represent. Poor Turkey and her dc
precated securities are u striking illustra
tion of this truth. 1t is matter for pro
found congratulation that our bonds AZ
quoted so high in the money centers @
, Europe, and that the demand for them
steadily on the increase. The capitalist
, abroad feel assured that the great rcpubli
is no longer an experiment
THE MILLENNIUM IN Ten MINUTES
The press and the people of this countr,
are remarkable for their patience an
sweet rcasonableness. They did not asl
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