Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

1t seems us if every man must put his
name on the back of note before he
learns what Il fool man is who risks all
his own property on the prospect that
some man will tell the ruth.-DeUW TdI-
mIge.
1 OF DR.. Gasherie De Witt, practition-
er of NV York, said in his last DAYS, II
always presented the religion of Christ to
my patients, either directly or indirectly,
and find il is almost always acceptable"
Doctors Abercrombie and Brown. OF Scot
lend, Decor Hoy and Fnhlergill of Eng
land, and DR.. Rush of our owl country,
We're celebrated for their faithfulness in
that direction.
Fourteen years ago" says the EenaD-
90 Spectator, " when the oil fever was ut
It's height, Pithole was the largesr and
thrihlcst of the oi towns Its post-oifice
delivery WAS enormous ranking the third
in the State Last November the borough
of Pthole polled only six votes, equally
divided between two parties, and last
Monday the survivors of the great melrop-
oils of other days peitioned the court for
dissolution of its charter. Such is life"
IL VI n NE CIlEIls L IVA hFc.- uO IJllb Ol
the frame that is to be ornamented with
shells must be covered with fresh putty,
press the shell down into the putty nearly
or quite o the top edge of the shell form
flowers or any fancy design; then careful.
ly cut away any of the supertluuus putty
that remains, using II sharp penknife; if
any should unavoidably show, it can be
colored pink or white; let the frame
remain ina flat position until the putty
hardens.
He was Il tramp. AS he watched the
merchant pace his store with cast-down
Yes, he shook his head. Poor fell ow, sad
the tramp, feel for him. Note to pay,
probably, and ten cents to do it with. Ah,
gentlemen, fortune cannot smile upon us
all, but tell you, it is precious hing to
know how you stand every Saturday night.
Alb, yes, he said with sigh, the poor fel:
low is doomed to bear burdens which we
know nothing of -THrRer's Fd!lS Report
eF.
A college professor was being rowod
across stream in Il boat. Said he to the
boatman: "Do you understand phiIoso-
phy?7 mo, never heard of it." Then
one quarter of your life is gone. Do YOU
understand geoogy?' NO" "Thcn one
half of your life is gone. Do you under
stand astronomy" "No.n "rhpn three
quarters of your life is gone But pres
emily the boat tipped over, and spilled both
into the river. Says the bnatman: Can
you swim?n No" Then the whole of
your life is gone
The San Francisco Mail says: 'If the
capitalists and non workingmen of the
United States could be induced to retrench
two-thirds of what they now spend upon
whiskey, cards, and many other things
equally wasteful, they would accumulate
at the end Of one year sufficient capital to
render practicable the establishment of
new enterprises that would give employ
ment to large number of men now out
of employment, and would also enable
them to raise to II fair standard wages that
are now cruelty and disgracefully low"
A Boston woman is reported to have
had her dead black and tan dog laid out in
II fine rosewood coffin covered with flow
ers and ornamented with n silver plate
bearing name and age. Then she tried to
get it buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery,
but being refused. got physician to make
out Il burial certificate that LEO Gilman
died Of spinal meningitis" and, with the
assistance of fashionable undertaken,
had the dog buried in Cambridge Gene.
terry, the officers thinking the body to be
that of child.
Mr.. Spurgeon, the great London preach
er, says of Joseph Cooks lectures: These
are wonderful lectures. We bless God
for raising up such champion for His
truth us Joseph Cook. Few could hunt
down Theodore Parker and all that race of
misbelievers MS Mr.. Cook has done He
has strong convictions, the courage of his
convictions, and force to support his cour-
age. In reasoning the infidel party have
here met their match. We know of no
other man one-half so we'll qualified for
the peculiar service of exploding the pre-.
tensions of modern science as this great
preacher. Some men shrink from this
spiritual wild-boar hunting, but Mr.. Cook
is as happy in it as he is expert. May
bis arm be strengthened by the Lord Of
hostgw