Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

The Princess Bismarck is said to be ra-
diant over her husbands retirement. She
considers his health and doesn't want to
hear anybody talk of his taking up ac
tive political life again.
| Mr.. Hayes is evidently badly frightened
about the coming Congressional attack on
his policy. He settles himself comforta-
bly, in his chair and says he would really
| like very much to hear the subject discuss
ed This is the calmness of desperation,
-1riJune.
The governess of the children at the
White House is Miss Virginia Pcylon, IL
young granddaughter of the late Bishop
Johns of Virginia. She applied to Mrs.
Hayes for the position in person, even
without letter of Introduction, and so
pleased that lady that after due inquiry she
engaged her,
Gen. and Mrs Grant, with their son
Jesse. will sail for Liverpool from Phln-
delphia on May II in the Indiana Presi-
dent Hayes and the Cabinet offered him
passage on Government vessel, but the
General preferred going as private citi-
zen, and robably thought he could make
the voyage in II much shorter time.
There is II report that the Stevens bat
terry, which was begun before the rebellion
by the late Edwin A. Stevens of Hoboken,
N. j., and which was designed by him to
be the most formidable iron-cad ahoat.
has been sold to Russia for 81 100000. 1t
has cost the Stevens estate about $3,000,-
900, thJugh it is not yet completed. 1t is
40l feet long and 4j wide.
A body. pronounced to be that of the re-
vivalist P. p. Bliss, who lost his life in the
Ashtabula (O.) disaster on the Lake Shore
Railroad, December 29th, has been found
ut Euclid Village ten miles east Of Clcve
land, and fifty miles west Of the scene of
the disaster, and the theory is that it was
frozen to cake of ice shortly after the nc
cident carried down the brook and up the
lake.
Such learned and honored philologists
MS ProfS Whitney and March are officers
Of spelling reform association which
gives this specimen of how they would do
il; "Th + being so It'll dilerens between
the apeerans ov the fOnetc and the ordi-
nary print and script, thnz hoo can reed
and riet the later will reed the fonetic
print and script rzilJ, and the new spelling
tan be introileuSt grtdeuay without
hinderaas tp bznes or friendship"
Here is the latest Parisian dinner dress
" Moonlight blue velvet, embroidered with
white silk and silver; the back is of Or
ange-colored futile. with straps of blue
velvet retaining its fnlneSS. Velvet coat,
embroidered with silver. White satin
waiStcopt, with silver and turquoise but
tons alternately. In the hair humming
bird, with diamond between its brak.
Blue velvet band around neck, with dia-
mond drop"
Mr.. Wade, Wendell Philips, and all the
other indignant Republicans are
thrown completely in the shade by per-
spring patriot out in Wisconsin. This
man does not stop at being indignant; he
"cusses." IL have cursed,' he says
60 the weakness of President Hayes and
the folly OF his policy. | look upon him
as n very weak second edition Of Andy
Johnson us though he had robbed the
grave of Andy's mantle, after it had be-
come mildewed and rotten" That figure
will be u boon to the Democratic press
After Mr.. Utley, for that is the name of
this eloquent opposer, has done with the
President, he says, with the disinterested
spirit TO be expected of him. ~ neither
want nor expect another Office. | could
not he induced TO take one unless became
satisfied the people of this state desired to
have an honest Governor that could nei
ther be bull dozed or bought-a thing not
likely to occur ProbabIy not.-M. Y.
Tribune.