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

Enbroim Williams killed Cht,'o'
EP n a nnarrel at Southwlck, Mass
Son. son, a u barn.yard fowl killed by Williams
~. onoalling to think that half a mil
Ion neople have already starved IN Indla
f lu5 tbot the famine is likely to coun
t an@ millions and half more as Its VIC
tins.
The Hawkes says that when Stanley
Nattbews nuts a stamp on an envelope ne
i; 49, all the mucilage off, and then tries
to mound the stamp on with his nSt Iil"'
what kind of man he Is.
A Bethel sugar orchard has natural
o,riosilv Two rock naples about elgh'
inches through, standing three feet apart
mite in one trunk four feet from the
Ground. The union is perfect there beng
no seam visible.
Col. Halliday has written his letter ac'
oont;no the conservative nomination fol
governor in Virginia, the salient passage
being the remark that 1.-THE platform IN
dicates determination to remember the
history of Virginia, and to preserve invIo'
late her public faith and credit"
Two western men were discussing the
strike, one condemning and the other de-
tending it. The latter appealed to the BIZ
HE and quoted the well-known text
" Strike till the last armed foe expires.
The opponent at once gave in, remarking
that he had not thought of that!
A. NJ. Clapp of Buffalo, late Public
Printer, wants to know whether he is
" pqriah" or IL "serf," and deiies the
T." potentates " of the White House. The
cynical observer might conclude that Mr.
Glapp had failed to get an office. This is
mistake. He had an office which he
failed to keep.
A correspondent tells of the following
PRAYER made by an Iowa preacher prior
to the passage of the Kansas-NebraSka
bill in 1854: "Oh, Lord! you know, or
if you don't you ought to know, that this
evil Congress is giving us solid chunks OF
iniquity in the shape of the Kansas-Ne'
braska bill, and now tell you that unless
you put stop to this thing | am not res
ponsible for the consequences. L"
The Louisville people, with all Kentucky
to back them, are making great arrange
ments for their industrial exposition to
open on the 18th and the accompanying
visit of President Hayes. The leading
men of both parties are joining in the well
come to the president, and the governors
of many of the states have also accepted
invitations.
Congressman Frye of Maine has sew
enty-year.old constituent in Hon. William
Lowell, who writes him letter in favor of
the presidents southern policy, and ex-
pressing his beliefs that the greenback
heresy is our greatest danger, that the
South cannot long continue solid, and that
the republican party is going to have sense
enough to hold on to the country, Mr..
Frye significantly prints without dis
sent"
1t is certainly rather of a good joke on
the part of Sitting Bull TO come back him
self from the British dominions, after all
this trouble about getting commission to
90 after him. But there is n well-groun.
ded fear that his return means mischief,
and that he wants to join his thousand
warriors with Chief Joseph's, that the com
bned force will be TOO large for the Uni
ted States troops to deal with, and that
the settlers all along the frontiers of Wy
oming, Montana, and Idaho will have to
flee for their lives.
Mr.. Cornell is not a gentleman of very
quick intellectual perception, and it is Just
possible that he may not have as vet real.
lied the fact that the illustrious senator
who secured for him his office has ceased
to be more important factor in the fed
eral service in New York than the presi-
dent of the United States. A little further
reelection will doubtless satisfy him on
this point, and little further experience
may possibly convince him that neither in
his official nor in his political capacity are
his services absolutely indispensable to his
fellow-citizens.-Ne,0 York Times.
A bold attempt was made Friday night
by James Moffat, her former driver, to
carry off the trotting mare "Jewess," en-
Tered for the 225 race at Buffalo, August
s. and detained by the park association for
entrance money. Motfat presented a
loaded revolver ut the attendants head,
forcing him to mount the mare and follow
him in wagon to North Buffalo, where
she was hitched 10 the wagon and the
horse hired by Motfat was sent back in
charge OF the attendant The police track
ed Moftat to Lewiston, where, being I'M
able to get the mare across to Canada. he
abandoned her and went himself.
The New Bedford and Bllerica, Mass,
two-feet-gauge railroad, the first of the
KIND In this country, has been completed
and the first trips, which were made Sat-
urday' showed that the road is inferior to
none in speed, smoothness and safety The
road. which is eight miles long, has cost
cut $oO,00O, including buildings. BRIDGES
ana equipments. The latter consists If
Two locomotives and eleven ears, the
former weighing but eleven tons e,ch
WINE the passenger cars, CARRYING half the
number of the standard cars, cost t but one.
quarter rs much. 0"0