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Evening star., 1877-12-11
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

"ISTER ARRANGEMENT
FOR NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE AND
THE SOUTH.
he swift and elegant iron steamer LADY OF
IHE LAKE, Captain j. WHITE -n-
leaves 6th-street wharf until fur- EszAA-N
tner notice. every MONDAY. WE'D .z1z7sz
NESDAI, and FRIDAY. al o'clock n m con-
nect1ng with steamers for Boston, Providence and
other Northern Points. Returning leaves NorfoIk
every TUESDAY. THURSDAY and SATIIR
DAY, at O'Clock D. M
Evening star., 1877-12-11
BOWLING, Auctioneer.

A9-THE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED Z
2D. 1873. same hour and place.
d11-eOtds W. G. DUCKETT. Trustee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A JOKE WITH HOTEL FIRE APPARA-
TUs.-A new electric alarm had been in
troduced into the St. George Hotel. This
machine the other night was made the
subject of practical test by y party of
young men, headed by II young naval off
Ger, who, in their desire to perpetrale
what they no doubt looked upon us II
practical joke, did not consider the serious
results that might have ensued. The APP
paratus affords instantaneous knowledge
of high temperature in every apartment of
the house. When the heat rises above
ninety degrees IL bell rings behind the
office desk, and rings louder rs the heat
grows greater. From II large water-tank
situated on the roof that portion of the
building in flames can he instantly flooded
with water. With gleeful smiles the lead
er of the iovial party applied IA lighted
match to that portion of the apparatus
connected with the room in which they
were located, and instantly the bell in the
office rang out vigorously, the members OF
the fire brigade rushed to their allotted
posts and the water poured in upon the
nice young men, dampening their spirits
and their clothes and drenching the carpet
and furniture. The lady guests ran
screaming from their rooms, the once
smiling youths swan out from the apart.
ment, squeezed their streaming clothes and
tried hard not to look foolish and failed
most admirably. Matters explained, the
threatened panic was averted, and the
damp young men stood before the clerks
desk, little rivulets streaming behind them
while nice little bill of damages was
made out for the practical jokers. s.-Phila.
delph5G Times, April l6.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

TEACHING THE GIRLS ABOUT MONEY
A widow of my acquaintance says her
daughters shall suffer never rs she has
suffered for want of business training
They are never checked for asking Cat the
proper moment) the cost of every
bundle that comes from the store. When
the little girl of nine years begs for bet
ter slate pencil-her seat-mate has just
bought one-that "On'y cent" is soon
squelched by showing her few figures
concerning her other school purchases.
There are many little household items
given her to figure up. On coming from
school her mother hands her the change
Just taken from a sale of eggs. The child
counts out $500. being given thirty
six cents dozen," she gives the number
sold. " Getting pretty rich, mother.
" But every cent of that must go for oats
and bran for the hens. Now. l must have
four bushels of oats, at fifty cents a
bushel How much bran can l buy with
the remainderp The bran is cent a
pound, you know" Thus the little one is
learning the value of every penny,-COr-
respondence Country Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A letter from DR.. Hiram Cox, Official
Inspector of Liquors at Cincinnati, has
been published which contains some re-
marknble statements relative to the adul-
terat on of liquors He says that CiLcn-
natl druggist, desrous of obtaining some
pure liquor rs a medicinal article, pur-
chased in NewYork two half-pipes of extra
" Seignette brandy" one pale, and the
other dark. He called the Doctors al
tenton to his " beautiful pure brandy"
which the doctor at once tested by insert
inc some blue " litmus" paper. 1t came
out rs red as scarlet. He then put pol
ished 'spatula" Gan instrument for spread
ing plasters) into II tumblcr containing
half gill of the liquor, allowing it to re-
main fifteen minutes, at the end of which
time the liquor was rs black as ink. The
spatula corroded, and when dried, a thick
coating of rust appeared, which, when re-
moved, left II copper coat almost as thick
as if it had been plated A chemical
analysis of these liquors resulted as fol
lows:
First sample (dark), 5j per cent alcohol
c spirits by volume, and Al per cent by
weight; specific gravity 0.945, Tho test,
indicates Suiphttrjc Acid, Nitric Acid,
Nitric Ether, PruSSic Acad, Guinea Pepper,
and an abundance of FuSit OI BaSe-
common whiskey, not one drop of wine.
Second sample (pale), 81 per cent alec
holic spirits by volume, 40 per cent by
weight; specific gravity 0.955 This arti
Gle has the same adulterations as the first,
but in greater abundance, with the addi-
ton If CdtechU.
The druggist was forbidden to sell the
brandy, and in consequence refused to pay
the New York dealer for it, The latter
sued him in the Cincinnati courts, but lost
his case, the poisonous character of the
LIQUOR being fully demonstrated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A FERTILE SoTL.-Even now the soil of
Palestine after the waste and exhaustion
of four thousand years, is of surprising
fertility. Dr. Robinson, in his late tour
found the hill country of Galilee Welding
crops which indicate productiveness
equal to all that Josephus has said of it.
The industrial settlement lately and sue
cessfully begun near the pools of Solomon,
south Of Bethlehem. report that they raise
two crops in IL year. Their grapes almost
rival the clusters of Eschcol, Il Single vine
having one hundred lunches of grapes,
each three feet long, and each grape three
and half inches in circumference. They
have Indian corn eleven feet high water.
melons twenty, thirty, forty pounds
weight, and bean pods thirteen inches
long. and six on n stem. Their ounce
trees yield four hundred ounces each.
which are larger than the largest apples
of New England, and single citron tree
yields five hundred and ten pounds of
fruit.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

The article following from the able pen
of DR.. D. d. Whedon relates to the South
ern intimidation " of colored voters
When our Southern brethren exclaim
1--WE are overslaughed with II mass of
unintelligent voters; we are a PROSTATE
state, calling for mercy" we appreciate
and deeply sympathize with their case
But let us turn the table. We are here
in New York overslaughed with as terrible
II mass of enfranchised ignorance and de-
pravity as any state in the South. We
would gladly swap our Northern Irish for
the Southern Negrolom We would glad
ly say for the city of New York, to the
city of Charleston, Take our Irishmen
and give us your negroes" Reverse twen-
ty thousand ignorant, foreign, papstcal
Irish votes in these cities, and Til,len
would not have had the ghost of a chance.
1t would then be, AS 90 these votes, so
goes New York State, and so goes the ma
ton" Here let us unite our hearts, breth-
rem of the South and North, and say this
is terrible danger and wrong.
What renders this wrong more CALLING
10 us of the North is the knowledge that
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c'sn po"1i' H. "ion mH t"'TI ,Tho u dato uno n1%,
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02
VOL. XXXIV.

BLINDS OR AWNINGS For at least nine
months of the year in the latitude of any
part of New England the sun should be
considered most welcome visitor in every
home, and its presence should be studi.
ously courted. If we have anything in the
living rooms of the house liable to injury
from its effects the sooner such articles are
abolished the better. If in rare cases of
illness the light of day must be excluded
let it be done by some temporary contri-
vance which may be dispensed with along
with nurse and doctor and rs cheerfully.
Of course temporary screens are ut times
needed for windows in order to secure n
certain amount of privacy, although much
of this seclusioG is the result of a question
able change in habits of living; but let
these consist of one simple set of rolling
shades of some color pleasant to the eye,
and let the material be as transparent as
is consistent with their intended use. For
protection against the fierce heat of the
few tropical days of our climate, Italian
awnings to exposed windows are n
good contrivance to exclude the sun while
allowing free passage to the air These
may be removed in winter.
The custom which prevails with some
housekeepers of closing doors and windows
in the early morning of hot day in order
to secure cooness is most pernicious. The
atmosphere thus obtained has the chill and
impurity of the cellar, and is not fit for
human life.
If people must live indoors, the nearer
their habitations approach the character
of greenhouses the better. The old
fashioned rooted piazza is fast giving place
except in houses for summer use only, TO
the uncovered terrace. This latter can be
sheltered by Italian awnings from the rays
of the MONDAY sun Or from the evening
dews. or it can he provided with light
wooden framework to support II canvas
cover that can be easily rolled back, like
the awning over city shop front. On
the score of expense these useful devices
are much more economical than the uni
versal blinds The first cost of the latter
with the additional outays for pcriodical
painting and repairing, will far exceed that
of their substitutes. 1t seems rather ab-
surd for a sensible people to spend so much
money in making and glazing windows
only to spend IL great deal more in devices
for obstructing them.-BoSton Journal of
Ghe11iSL1U
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A year went by, and the return of au-
tumn found jamie once more at his own
home. Oddly enough, as before, Alice
Budlong was the first to meet him. She
was coming down the walk after n visit to
his mother, when he met her. Was it any
wonder that Mrs. Eastman, Stealing glances
at the pair from behind the window cur
tain, thought her son long in coming into
the house? Not hat she was sorry, either
when at length Jamie turned his face from
Alice and she read what was written there
on. And still James Eastman had not
spoken the word which might win Alice
for a wife. Would he ever, when he knew
that Joe Hyatt was stopping at the Bud
longs'P
" You will not fail to come over soon p
Alice had said. Joe Hyatt is there for a
few days; you will be pleased to meet
her."
Then she is Joe Hyatt still?"
" Yes, Joe Hyatt still, and more beauti-
tul than ever, and more sensible and wo-
manly by far than when you knew her."
said Alice, quietly.
Mr.. James Eastman lost little time in
calling on bis old neighbors, the Bud
longs. Miss Hyatt took the honors of his
visit quite to herself. He had loved her
once passionately, as she was very certain
Did he love her stillP That, with her, was
the all-important question. Ifnot, was it
too late to win him?
lie came often, and Joe, pleased and
fiattered, did her best to captivate him, un-
til one day, going into the garden when
she supposed James at home, she found
James and Alice standing under vine
from which hung few clusters of grapes,
and talking in that peculiar undertone
which lovers affect. Something, too, in
the attitude of the parties, told her she had
nothing to hope from in that quarter, and
so the next mornings train bore he awayr
rhagrined and disappointed beyond meas
ure. Farmer Eastman thought she was in
II mighty hurry, all of IL sudden, and
might, at least, have waited till after the
wedding, which it was arranged should
take place soon.
There was no going back to the business
in town. A farmers life was what suited
James the best, and Alice was well pleased
when farm was purchased not far from
their old home.
To the day of his death no man was ever
prouder of his son, or his sons cozy and
pretty home, than was farmer Eastman.
He delighted, too, in telling his friends
how well james was getting along, and
what II knack he had of getting everything
nice arourd him though for his own part,
he declared, he could never see the sense
ont, A farmer hadn't ought to be SGT up
to live like IL king.
If James did not live quite like n king,
he was certainly us happy as one, and no
brighter or more hOmc-Ijke home could be
found anywhere in the broad West than
was his.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A MACHINE FOR SLAUGHTERING GRASS
HoPPERS. Some time since we mention
ed machine invented by Colonel +.
Peteler for catching Tor bagging) gra,shop-
pers. A full.siaed two-horse machine has
lust been completed for Colonel Petelrr in
This city, which attracts universal atten-
ton. 1t is a queer-looking apparatus, but
the colonel is confident that it will do
the business for the pestiferous hoppers.
1t is mounted upon two four and one-half
feet wheels and is rugged like n heading
machine, the horses being attached in the
rear, where the driver stands and guides
it by means of II pivot wheel. The mach
inc consists of II sheet iron platform twenty
feet in width with wire screens six feet
high at the rear and sides. A light chain
is suspended in front of the platform to
drag upon the ground and stir up the hop
pers, and Us they rise and fly against the
screens they will fall upon the platform,
where light elevator made of Stats carries
them back, dumps them into II trough,
and thence they pass between two rollers
and are crushed. The elevator and rollers
are geared to the wheels. with inside and
outside gear, so that each wheel does halt
the work. One roller can be removed if
desired, and bags substituted to hold the
hoppers for "A bounty, The platform can
be raised to Il height of two feet, or low
cred to run close to the ground, by means
of lever in reach of the driver and the
machine can thus he run over any ground,
or through grain fields without iniuring
the growing grain. By throwing out
hankers on either side to drive the hoppers
in, Colonel Peleler maintains that the ma
chine will clean up three hundred acres of
hoppers per day. The weight of the ma
chine is about one thousand pounds. The
cost will depend upon the demand, but for
Il two-horsc machine it will not be far
from 800. and one-horse machines about
$50.
The machine is of simple construction,
durable, and certainly looks as though it
might be effective.-&, R"l (.NlHn,) Pio-
neer Press, april T.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A DISCLOSURE BY THE ST LOUIS FIRE
Months ago western society rang with the
accounts of grand wedding. A fair
daughter of one of the oldest and wealth
lest families in the Mississippi Valley had
been united to foreign nobleman. The
arts of Worth We're exhausted in the prep
nration of the trousseau. Members OF the
arislocracy from all sections of the country
were preseut, and never was there q more
brilliant social event in the history OF any
one present The dark-whiskered noble
man was reported enormously wealthy
In his own country he lorded it over
vast domains He was supposed to own
vast castles, and spent the season in max
ing forays upon the bears that abounded in
the Businesses of his native forests. The
wedding was succeeded by dizzy round
of festivities and society WAS ablaze. Tile
impressive foreigner finally departed with
his beautiful American bride, and it was
said that they would proceed forthwith tc
the nat,vr land of the nobleman, and pre-.
coed Immediately to inhabit one of hi,
palatial castles. A sturdy Ilibernian a
work yesterday among the hotel ruins
turned over some rubbish and found /;
scattered pack of letters. Some of the
people in the enclosure began curiously t(
examine the documents. One of then
was from the Russian capital. The date
was several months back. 1t was from
the bride of the nobleman, and represented
that his pretensions of great wealth wert
false. II was even doubted whether h,
was nobly connected. 1t was feared lha
he was an arrant impostor. The write
represented herself as being in absolul,
need of money for the purchase of neccs
sites. The letter was addressed to n yer,
near relative. This is one of the secret
that the ruins gave up.-iSt. Lo"is Globe
Democrat, april 10.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

TESTS OF TRUTH. Napoleon l. one day
riding in advance of his army, came to a
bridgeless river, which it was necessary
that his hosts should Immediately cross on
a forced march.
"Give me-" said the great emperor to
his engineer, 1.-THE breadth of this stream" "
" Sire, cannot" was the reply. My
scientific instruments ore with the army,
and we are ten miles ahead of it,
Tell me the breadth of this stream in
stantly"
"Sire, be reasonable"
Ascertain at once the width of this
river, or you shall be deposed from your
office"
The engineer drew down the cap piece
on his helmet till the edge of it just
touched the opposite bank, and then, hold
ing himself erect, turned upon his heel
and noticed where the cap-piece touched
the bank on which lie stood. lie then
paced the distance from his position to the
latter point, and turned to the emperor,
saying;
This is the breadth of the stream ap.
prOximately."
And lie was promoted.
Now, in all the marches of thought
metaphysical science measures the breadth
of streams with scientific instruments, in
deed; but it uses no principles which men
of common sense, al their firesde, or in
politics, or before juries, o. in business, dc
not recognize us authoritative. Your Ma
poleon's engineer. after his instruments
came uD, no doubt made more accurate
measurement than he had done by his
skillful expedient of common sense: but
the new and exact determination of the
distance must have proceeded upon pre-
ciscly the same principle by which he had
made his approximate calculation. BUl
the estimates wonld turn on The scientif,
certainty that the radi OF circle are
equal The distance to the opposite
bank is one radius in circle oi
which the position of the oh,erver is the
center; ~ d if now he wheel aroun tho
rauiu,, of course The raIiu- here is just Il,
lorg as the radius yonder, for things whicI
are equal to The same thing are equal tt
each other. The most eXlct instruments
ever invented would have behind then
only that incontrovertible, automatic, self
evident truth
You can measure II river in the way Ma
poleons engineer did, but you think lha,
research of the metaphysical so has some
thing in it incomprehensible, mystical ant
suspicious. Let us not stand in too much
awe of the theodolte. As the engineers
final measurement of the river with scien
tifc instruments was simply his pacing
made exact,-so metaphysics is simply
common sense made exNct.-Rev. JoScpl
Cook, DID,.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

How TUrILs ARE TAUGHT THE News
OF THE DAY.-This is u progressive age.
New features are being constantly intro
duced, old theories are revolutionzed.
Especially is this the case in the United
States. During the past year important
changes have been made 10 our public
schools. Music, which five years ago was
an unknown feature, and something un-
thought of, has been successfully intro
duced, and in every school in the city and
throughout the state is now considered one
of the regular studies. 1t has been left to
Miss Mitchell, brilliant and original
young lady of Pittsburgh, 10 demonstrate
that the female mind is capable of origin
alty of thought, and that lovely woman
can, when she is willing, step to the front
and proudly take her place with the learn
ed professors. Miss Mitchell is teacher of
the first grammar grade in the Washing
ton School at Pittsburgh. She has the
credit of being the first to inauguratc II
new and edtying school exercise, 1t con-
sists of discussion of the news of the
day between the pupils and the teacher,
the first half hour of the morning being
devoted to the exercise. The school has
in reality newspaper Of its own, which
makes its daily appearance on blackboard. .
OF course it has an editor, one of the
brightest boys in the school being chosen
to edit the BulietIn, as it is called. His
duty is to read the Pittsburgh morning
papers and to write on the blackboard,
before the school hours, the news of the
day. Everything is gotten up in newspa-
per style, even to the head lines announc-
ing the most important events and in
cludes local news, editorial topics, con-
gressional proceedings foreign news, state
legislative work, etc. The teacher and
scholars then take up the various para
graphs, and an interchange of views takes
place. By this method scholars learn all
the important news of the day, and alsc
become posted on the vital questions which
agitate the public mind. 1t is n regular
study, and the pupils enter into it with a
will.-Erie (Pd) Dispatch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

A little dreaming, such as mothers know
A little lingering over dainty things;
happy heart, wherein Hope all aglow
Stirs like a bird at dawn that wakes and sings,
And that is all.
"A little clasping to her yearning breast;
little musng over future years;
A heart that prays" Dear Lord, Thou knowest best
But spare my flower ie's bitlerestra Of tears"-
And that is all.
little spirit speeding through the night;
A little home grown lonely, dark and chill;
A sad heart, cropping blindly for the light
A little snow clad grave beneath the hill
And that is all.
a little gathering of lile's broken thread;
A little patience keeping back the tears;
A heart that sings, Thy darling is not dead,
God keeps her safe through His eternal years."
And that is all.
-MacmHl1rS ldqdsine.