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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

THE DANGERS OF COLD IRoN.-Dr.
Shepard pointed out to me the position of
General Gilmore's "swamp angel" bat
terry, and said that only the other day his
workmen dug up one of the unexploded
shot in the medical college yard. 1t was
rather large for war souvenir, and about
as dangerous as II rattlesnake. The cap
was perfect, all ready for the light tap
that would explode it. No soaking would
ruin the powder filling, and SO after
looking it over he had it carefully and
deeply reburied, he hopes beyond resur-
rection. A negro some time ago found
one of them, and thought he would break
it up and sell it for old iron. lie got
sIedge hammer and stauck it on the point.
1t exploded, blew the roof ofthe house off,
and dealt destruction in every direction,
but strangely Sambo was not injured. be-
yond being stunned by the conclusion.
He reused hi,Iself, looked wildly around,
and exclaimed, "Lordy massy! whar's dat
iron ?"-SprjnQfeid Republicans Charles
ton, S. c., Correspondent,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

WHEN MEN ARE AT THEIR BEST.-Dr.
Beard states that from an analysis of the
lives of n thousand Representative men in
all the great branches Of the human fami-
ly he made the discovery that the golden
decade was between 40 and so; the brazen
between 20 and 80; the iron between so
and GO. The superiority of youth and
middle life over old age in original work
appears all the greater when we consider
the fact that all the positions of honor and
prestige -profesSorships and public sta
tons are in the hands of the old. Re-
putation, like money and position, is main
ly' confined to the old. Men are not
widely known until long after they have
done the work that gave them their fame.
Portraits of great men are delusions
statues are false! They are taken when
men have become famous, which, in the
average, is ut least twenty-five years after
they did the work which gave them fame.
Original work requires enthusiasm. IfaIl
the original work done by men under
forty-fve was annihilated, they would be
reduced to barbarism. Men arc at theil
best ut that time when enthusiasm and
experience are almost evenly balanced
The period, on the average, is from 80 tC
40. After this the law is that experience
increases, but enthusiasm decreases. OI
course there are exceptions.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

GETTING BACK THE COw.-My grand
father was very poor minister, and kept
a COW, which was II very great help to the
support of his children-hc had ten of
them ;-and the cow took the staggers and
died. What will you do now?" said my
grandmother. " | cannot tell what we shall
do now,' said he, " but know what God
will do; God will provide for us. We
must have milk for the children " The
next morning twenty pounds were sent to
him. He had never made application to
the fund for the relief of ministers; but on
that day there was five pounds left when
they had divided the money, and one said,
" There is poor Mr.. Spurgeon down in
Essex, suppose we send it to him" The
chairman-a Mr.. Morley of his day-said,
=" We had better make it ten pounds, and
I'll give five pounds Another five
pounds was offered by another member,
if like amonnt could be raised, to make
it up to twenty pounds; which WIS done.
they knew nothing about my grandfath
ers COW, but God did, you see, and there
was the new COW for him. And those
gentlemen in London were not aware Of
the importance of the service which they
had rendered.-SpWrge0R,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

THE SQUEAKER's A LASS Among the
ignorant people of England, humorous
mistakes often occur, even when correct
ness and simplicity would seem to be re-
quired.
A puddler went the other day to get his
child christcned. "What name, y said the
parson, "shall call the child?"
"Thoo can caal the kid owt thoo likes, "
says the father.
"Well," says the parson, :" l think Ben
jamin is IL very nice name"
Vary wcel," says the father, "caal
him Benjamin"
The pudder came out of the church
with his wife and child, highly delighted
with the name, when u thought strnck
him. Rushing back into the church, and
overtaking the parson walking down the
aisle, he exclaimed,
Hey, mister the young squeaker's II
lass
The parson was ut loss what to do
under the circumstances. However, he
put in an at the end of the name, and
they called it Bonjamina.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

NECESSITY OF SUNLIGHT,-Instead of
excluding sunlight from our houses, says
the Manufacturer dBG Builder, lest it fade
carpets, draws flies and bring freckles, we
should open every door and window and
bid it enter. 1t brings life and health and
joy; there is healing in its beams; itdriyes
away disease and dampness, mould and
megrims. Instead of doing this, however,
many careful housewives close the blinds
draw down the shades, lock the door, shut
out the glorifying rays and rejoice in the
dim and musty GOODNESS and twilight of
their unhealthy apartments. 1t is pleasant
and not unwholesome during the glare of
the noontide to subdue the light and ex-
cude the air quivering with heat, but in
the morning and in the evening we may
freely indulge in the sun-bath and let it
flood all our rooms, and if ut its very
tiercest and brightest it has full entrance to
our sleeping rooms, so much the better Tor
us. Wire netting in doors and windows
exclude not flies and mosquitoes only, but
all other insects, and those who have once
used it will continue 10 do so, With this
rs Il protection from intrusive winged
creatures, one may almost dispense with
shades and shutters, and enjoy all the bene'
fits of an open house without any annoy
ances, so frequent in warm weather But
better the annoyances with sunshine than
freedom from them without it. Statistics
of epidemics have shown that if they rage
in any part of IL city, they will prevail in
houses which are exposed to the least sun.
shine, while those most exposed TO it will
not be atall or very Slightly affected. Even
in the same house persons occupying
rooms exposed to sunlight will be healthier
and repulse epidemical influences better
than those occupying rooms where no sun
| liOht enters,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

feel sorry ms any of us to have your boy
fall into bad habits When hear such
things about my children try to be more
faithful in my counsels, so us to avert if
possible the danger mentioned When
you meet her, treat her more kindly than
ever, and if you know anything praise
worthy of her children, mention it for her
encouragement. That is the best way l
know of to defend James against her crit
cism in future"
" | never thought of that way, but l will
try it."
A young man was travelling with a
couple of wild fellows in stage coach,
who began conversation with, You are
from Vermont, believe"
/" am"
THAT is the bean porridge state?"
at is"
"Do you really eat bean porridge three
times day, as they say you doP"
Eyes"
D." Well, l suppose the children go TO
school: how do they carry their dinners?"
THAT is very easily done. We freeze
up our porridge and take the AK and cut
out chunk large enough for our dinner,
and carry it under our arm, set it out un.
der the corner of the school-house so it
won't thaw, and when noon comes 60 for
our dinner, take our jack-knives and help
ourselves
They asked no more questions. - COttage
Hearth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

COOP WORDS ABOUT WOMEN. -" There
are but two fine things in this world,'
says Malherbe, "women and roses" Les
sing exclaims: woman is the master
peice of the universe" Bourbon says
1.-The pearl is the image of purity, but wo-
man is purer than the pearl" Thackeray
writes: "a good woman is the loveliest
flower that blooms under heaven" Balzac
says; "Even the errors of women spring
from her faith in the good" Voltaire de-
clares "All the reasoning of men is not
worth one sentiment of woman" Lamar
tine asserts that Women have more
heart and imagination than men," Otway
exclaims; "Oh, woman! lovely woman
nature made thee to temper men. We
had been brutes without YOU" TIC
which Mark Twain adds: But FOR you
we should be nothing, for we should no
be here"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

- .,mrroN OF A WATERSPoUT.-The
J,. crew very dark and threatening,
Immediately the course of the vessel
II Eanged from southeast to due north,
~ ti,r 10 run away from the point to-
|J," which the storm seemed TO be cen
'..rIi, which proved to be on our port
,',w"7 ,''w Gadually the clouds, which, by
tI,d by. were forming in strait, grew al
a fost black, and seemed to be about three
J,tr- away. A breeze having sprung up
nj iilenly led us to think we were certain
ST nave our, thus far, remarkably smooth
10 sage Interrupted by an Indian Ocean
form, or possibly II cyclone. But instead,
10 our great pleasure, we saw emerging
from the dense mass of cloud most dis
inctly marked waterspout. We could see
perfectly well the water rise, in the shape
If n cylinder, to u considerable height
rom the ocean, when the revolutions ol
he wind grew larger, and the water, be.
no carried by the wind, spread out in the
firm of Il tunnel, larger and larger, until
:, became lost in the clouds. The spout
u &c drawing water for about fifteen min
|,ns. when we noticed that its junction
Win the ocean was broken, and it then
Y ,ked almost precisely like the lower part
lV, balloon as it floats in the air, Tapping
" !, side to side. Gradually this lower
y = disappeared from the bottom upward
~, it was wholly lost in theclouds. AL.
'5f immediately aitcrward We saw on
fJ,t .,ftce Of the water what looked like
+, :, rising, but what proved to be tht
Il Il = caused by very heavy rain on il
f,.I, until II reached us, when, for at leas
~. minutes, it rained as hard as evel
JfE, rain anywhere Calcutta Cor, o.
EI tgrcestCr (AusS) Spy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

How much more precious are the things
we cannot see by the external sense, than
those which are clearly disclosed to it.
Truth and love have this supreme value
we never have n glimpse of either without
feeling how much it would be worth to
us if we could only have deeper insight.
The more we see, the more we are i'm
pressed with sense of the worlds we do
not see. mans love for man is some
thing too much apart from his life-it is
capable of becoming his whole existence.
1t now flows in streams separate from
the main activities of life; what would he
not give if his affection for his race and
his passion for his dear ones, could be
made to flow in the current of his great
aims and purposesp
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

The TRUE WIFE. What do you think
the beautiful word "wife," comes from.
1t is the great word in which the English
and Latin languages conquered the French
and Greek. hope the French will some
day get word for it, instead of that dread
tul word "temme' But what do you
think it comes fromP The great value of
the Saxon words is that they mean some
thing. Wife means weaver.' You must
either be housewives or housemoths; re-
member that. In the deep sense, you
must either weave mems fortunes and en-
boi,ler them; or feed upon and bring
them To decay. Wherever Il true wife
comes. home is always around her. The
stars may be over her head; the glow
worm in the night-cold grass may be tie
fire at her foot; but home is where she is,
and for IL noble woman it stretches far
around her, better than houses ceiled with
cedar or painted with vermilion, shedding
its quiet light far, for those who else are
homeless. Then | believe to be the wo-
mans true place and power.-Ruskin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

A girl who makes herself too cheap is
one to be avoided No young man, not
even the worst, except for base purposes,
wants anything to do with cheap young
lady. For awife none but fool or rascal
will approach such woman. Cheap Jew
elry nobody will touch if he can get any
better Cheap girls are nothing but the
refuse, and the young men know it, and
they will look in every o,her direction for
a lifelong friend and companion before
they will give glance at the pinchbeck
stuff that tinkles at every turn for Escinat-
ing the eye of any that will look. You
think it is quite the "correct thing" to
talk loudly and coarsely, be boistrous and
hoydenish in all public places; to make
yourself so bold and forward and common
place everywhere that people wonder if
you ever had Il mother, or home, or any
thing to do! So be it, You will probably
be taken for what you are worth, and one
of these years, if you do not make worse
than Il shipwreck of yourself, you will
begin to wonder where the charms are
that once you thought yourself possessed
of, and what evil spirit could have so be-
fooled you. Go on, hut remember cheap
girls attract nobody but fools and rascals.
-MacniLGnS Magazine,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

SUpERCILIoUsNEss -" Nothing" says
John Foster, "mOre palpably betrays lit
tleness, meanncss of soul, than a super.
cilious looking down on estimable friends
of equal or inferior order, after man
has attained some unexpected elevation. :"
And yet nothing is more common. A
man meets with a sudden increase of
wealth, and he flils to recognize as ac-
quaintances those whose favor he once
courted. A man forms distinguished &c
quantances, and the plain or less conspic-
uous people with whom he WAS formerly
glad to associate are passed by, Accor-
ding to Foster there must be great deal
of meanness of soul in the world.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

TALLER THAN A FISH SToRY.-Not 50
long ago there arrived at San Antonio a
gentleman from large town on the rail
road between here and Galveston. He
put up at one OF our hotels and displayed
"a tremendous appetite. At the end of the
week he expected to be presented with his
bill, but no bill was presented, although
he had no luggage at all. Time went on,
and still no bill. The landlord treated him
with lofty courtesy, as did the walters
One night, however, he did not return tc
the hotel, and next morning the landlord
hired detective who hunted and found
him. The stranger thought the landlord
was going to have him put in Jail fol
swindling, or something else, and he felt
very much alarmed about it. But no.
The landlord was rs pleasant as ever
He asked the stranger what he had done
that he should desert his hotel that way
inquired whether the walters had Offended
him, and finally begged him to return tc
hts hotel once more, promising TO furnish
him with oysters or anything else he
might wish.
i hO otl flllSSl WAS ttNIOIllpOu' 41O lOlN
the landlord he couldn't pay his board
The landlord replied that he did not wan
any board, and finally extorted from the
promise that he would return to his hotel
After a few days the stranger took the
landlord aside, thanked him with tears ir
his eyes, and asked him why he was Sc
anxious for him TO eat ut that hotel free oI
charge.
I'm tell you," was the reply. Il dom
care cuss for you personally, but since
you have been eating here | have forty
more guests at dinner than | ever had be-
fore. They come here for no other pur
pose than to look at you eat-you eat Sc
hearty. But the trouble is, | had a $1,000
bet you would choke to death at the din
ner table within specified time. To-day
is the last day, IN | have lost Git!'
And lie kicked him nineteen feet and ter
inches into the strcct.-San Ant0niO, 1er
as, Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

POWER OF FAITH" can conceive. ;
said Lord Erskine, "a distressed but virtu-
Gus man, surrounded by his children look
ing up to him for bread when he has none
to give them, sinking under his last days
labor, and unequal TO the next; yet still
supported by confidence in the hour when
ali tears shall be wiped from the eyes of
af1liction; bearing the burden laid upon
him by mysterious Providence, which he
adores; and anticipating, with exutation,
the revealed promise of his Creator, when
he shall be greater than the greatest, and
happier than the happiest of mankind"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
" Are the children safepn asked

Are the children safeP" asked the
Christian Union. Quite safe, we assure
you. They are up in the garret playing
hotel fire. Jimmy is the clerk, and is try
ing to slide down the water pipe to the
ground. Willie is guest, hanging to the
window sill waiting for the flames to reach
his hand before he tries to drop to the shed
roof, two stories below; and Tom is u
heroic fireman, and has tied his fishing
line around the baby'S body, and is letting
it down to the gronnd. Oh, yes, the chill
dren are all right; just finish your call
and don't fret about the children, Bur
tnqton HdWkeVe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

7 a-ENCE or MIND. .-Lessing, the Ger
author, was, in his old age, subject to
= abstraction. On his return home,
,tf'yeuing, after he had knocked at his
N the servant looked out of the window
+, ,ee who was there. Not recognizing
T. master in the dark, and mistaking him
~ a stranger, he called out, "the profess
: r is not At home" "Oh, very well, re-
-I,ied Lessing; no matter-I'll call an
Dthcr time"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

HIS TRUE SToRY.-A citizen was yes
terday halted near the Soldiers Monument
by frank faced old man who had Il fence
picket in one hand and an old boot in the
other. He said he wanted ten cents to buy
bread with, and the citizen replied;
" | don't know anything about you.
There are lots of doad-beats and impoS-
tors around:
" See here" began the old man as he
laid the picket and boot down. Il live on
Croghan street,and can take you to forty
men who know it. We haven't had any
thing in the house for week. Day be-
fore yesterday l began eating the pickets
off the fence, while my wife commenced
on bedroom door. knew everybody
would think | was liar, and so brought
one of the pickets along. There's the
marks of my teeth to show for them
selves"
"Yes, looks as if you had bitten in
there" replied the citizen as he scanned
the picket.
don't like 'em continued the old
man. "The slivers kinder catch rs they
60 down, and the paint gives me the
heart burn. After two meals | changed
off on TO brick-bats. l see you are aston
ished, but the truth is my motto and here
is the proof"
He pulled out piece of brick and held
it TO the citizens nose. There were tooth
marks, and no chance for argument.
"They don't agree with me-" sighed the
old man. " The per cent of nuriment
doesn't hardly come up to my standard,
and n bad taste fingers in my mouth.
only ate half dozen and then changed
off to old boots. take one out like this,
soak it over night in strong I've. shake out
the pegs in the morning, and then we
boil it with an old hone, sprinkle in little
bran, and the soup fills up if nothing
more. This is the fourth old boot, and
suppose l might get along all right for a
week or so, but to-day is my birthday, and
| thought I'd like little bread to sort o
commemorate the occasion"
The citizen looked at him, mouth open,
and not word to say.
Il suppose might skirmish around
and find an old piece of buffalo robe and
take it for dinner, but if you had just as
/ soi lend me 10 cents think I'll accept
it."
The citizen handed out the money like a
man in a dream, and slowing it down in his
pocket the old man picked up the boot
and smelled of the heel, lifted up the pick.
ct and bit off Il silver, and said as he moved
away:
If you ever get down 10 brickbats
call on me for a an."-DetroH Free Press
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

A little girl suffering from the mumps,
declares that she "feels as ifa headache
had slipped down into her neck"
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1877-12-04
Sagess yteaigtetteH.
GoitOrteue, tele9rapbiIdle anO % Sedl[eIbIatteSs
Rotilcu.1

nSaib 9ei9rieeuE sS seitern in Der
Sorballe oes Senats. Der Siirnenbe
Adin Der republifanii4eu 8urtei, Senator
@6ntling, rafelte nit Der Riiitung unb mari,
unteritiiBt bon republIfaniid]an uno oenlotra=
ttiten Mprni0onen, einen gan5en arm uoa
bonnungSUollr @eiaubten, @eneralsaOnluIH,
SonlulH mo anoeler Batriotcn Dor Die 6biire,
NIB I'M SSreien lift es bereitS lebr falt. Inter
oen 10 @emaBregelteH beiinoen fd] Die S9.
SantorOr See, 6llgaro, Peirotto uno Die 9teiua
g)orter SOllbau8=Seamteu
Aae III Der GrtraiieuHg oes @on9reiies
unerleo otgt 9ebliebeneH y e
d. d fte lueroeu in Der reaelm16igen
Sisung Der Relbe mad sur SOrIage 9elarl-
gen.
SIN Sale 6r. GuiiiS bieisr Gage suse=
laiien meroen ioate, miro Der Senat ieit 16
Sabren gum erIteu Ntale luie0er uolljdblig
lein. Die 8epublifaner babeu Oann 80, bic
Oemofraten So Stinlmen, unb Elm Senator
(0aoiS pon ST. lit unabbdngig. 9a 0abiS
gr0BtentbetlS init Den 0emofraten ltimmt, 10
baben bic 9fepublifaner nm Die idmade
Dlebrbeit bon Swei Stimmeu. Sn Sritbz
labre 1879 peroen ie9s 9tepubiifaner our9
Oemofraten erlebt.
Gin @iuclnuater oeuti6es 8latt brin9t
AM SantItag Dtorgen Die eoitorte1e gtotij:
rDSellog9 lit nod nibt O'riu. There's
many slip between the cup and the
lpn'" Ils Die Geier olee meiie Bemerfuug
Dor 2lugen betameu, mar Sellogg i9on 6
Sunoen 8unOe8lenatOr. 90 gebt eS, menn
man Haf oeutidem Spiteme in glmerita 3eiz
tun9cn reoigirt uno Die 3eOattton friiber
ld)lieBt, alS Oa5 Slatt.
Grnit BlaBmaun, eiu befdnuter YilOz
bauer, 3eidJuer NIB 0tooelleur; iit SonntaQ
Radmitta9 in u ep . orr beeroigt moroerr.
Sr. BlaBnauu ieitete Sabre lang cine 3eidl1
nsns mo SunIt9ule uub hat fd) namentlidl
ais Otooelleur etneu gtamen ermorben. Der
Serforbeue mar aus gSeitpbalen gebiirtig uno
nugefdbr ieit bretBi9 Sabren in gtelusgort
anidiftg.
Su Rew 9 Orf fino mebrtre Yersneu,
melte ySleomargarin" ais d4te Sntter Oers
fauften, Sur He9eui1ait geSogen uoroeu.
Sor un9efdbr pler3cbn Sa9en oeri9ludte
III u EN- art, H.=S., ein abtidbri9es E69s
terAen Der 6antllie 8auB auf ieinem 6eiill-
wege bon Der Sd)ule cine Sbamlna0el, ipel6e
e6 wdbren0 0eS 3aIfenS I'M WtIuoe gebalten.
Sonntag operlrten mebrere oeutide9lerSte oaS
Sinh mo entfernten bic II 3ou lan9e NdoeL
nit 14s30lligem Sopfe aus Der 9uftr6bre. Die
aerSte be9en 9roBe 9Offnung, oaS StnO Su
retten.
Ser poetii8e 9erbre9er 8anbe,
wel6r leet bon ct. 2ouiS na6 SllinoiS
anS9elictcrt worOen lit, bat eiu games Gage
bud uOuer Serlet ole alle mebr ODER meniger
aui iein n@eiAdft" Se5ug bubeu. @iner
oer'elben ldutet:
Then do low thievinR,
Then never "patter fash"
Let excelsior be your motto,
And bust the banks for cash.! !"
By so doing you will be looked upon as merely
man gone wrong.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1877-12-04

Sibliotbets@ s@ebduoe erri6ttte, nm bic Sddse
Der gSifieni1aft GufSubepohren.
Die 9auptitaot Der RatioH iollte niehr feirtr
ais Elm cinfu9er politiider MittelpuHft. geir
lollten icoe Gele9enbcit erGreiteH, I'm bic alr
9emelne SntelltgenS bes 8oltes Su hcbeH nno
oen @rfol9 uno bic @uirehthaltung nuiertr
SnitltutlOnen an ii9erH.
3. 9c5embcr 1877. 3. 9. &ageS. !"