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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

ANECDOTES OF BLTz.-Meeting Pag-
amin, the violinist, during visit to Glas-
COW, an infants cry came from within the
great Italian fiddle.
"My Cod" said Paganini, what is
that?"
You know whose child it is" said il
female voice from neighboring closet.
The excited musician rushed to the closet,
thence back to his violin, and then turned
round to see Signor Blitz laughing and to
receive his explanation.
An Egyptian mummy WAS presented by
the American Consul at Cairo 10 II Phila-
delphia museum. A crowd was one day
about the case, and was startled by IL voice
from among the multitudinouS linen
folds.
"Open the box! open the box! said the
voice.
"Who are you?" asked one visitor more
venturesome than the rest.
II am descendant of the Pharaohs, u
answered the voice.
"What do you want?"
ASK yourself. Your confUunded Yam
kee curiosity has walked me up from the
| sleep OF ages. OpeH ulle uoA'
What's your nameP"
"Signor Blitz," answered the voice, and
the great ventriloquist made himself
| known.
In the old Sixth Street Market, Phila-
delphia, he bought dozen of eggs fol
twenty-four cents from a stolid Dutchman.
"Clear as vasser nit II well.buckct, ehP'
remarked the vender, as he handed them
over.
The Signor broke one, and there came
peeping through the aperture first teath
cred head and then whole canary bird
who sang swectly to the man of eggs.
The Signor's fun-making propensity
seems to have been irresistible, and found
expression in all manner of ways and
places. He made n negro cry out from
within his trunk on one occasion. ant
came near being arrested rs an abolition
ist. He made his horse talk, and the
frightened hostler could not be induced tc
reenter the stable. So the Signor was
himself compelled to groom the animal
His flvorite resort seems TO have been II
the market-places, where lie gave voice tC
chickens and pigs and fish and even oys
tiers, 10 the great confusion of the market
people. But when he had had his laugh
the kind.hearted Professor never failed t
make good any loss, direct or Indirect
that his victims might have suffered.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11


A PRINTER's CAsE.-Among many good
things of its kind, the following, from the
Chicago Times, rs expressing both the
fidelity and fertility ofthe reporter,and the
technicaities, the brightness, the strength
and weakness, the humor and frailty OF
the craft "-the craft of crafts-is one of
the best. 1t is safe to say that none but a
printer could have made the report.
"You are II printer?" said Scully, us a
rather good-looking young man was run
from the bull pen into the shute AT the
West side court
"Yes, sir"
This is your first case?' >
Its the first time ever worked ut a
case in this alley"
Did you get drunk?"
THE boys set it up and gave me the
string.'n "
IL don't f,thom your remark" said his
honor, putting one hand to his eur and
bending forward,
They proved the matter and then
they left me on the stone for dead. "
"Impossible Dead9 Deserted you in
the snow drifts. Or do l get the right
glimpse of what you are trying to show?'
Il will correct myself with your per-
mission"
DO so; 90 on"
81 was soon alive and when was
showed over | was standing "
Young man, you narrate in parallels
Can't you elucidate?"
II will try, judge. They put Il good
heading on me, and gave me prominent
place ut tile top of the column"
Young man, you are getting the court
muddled. Come to the point"
That's where | came TO at last-'a lul
stop They locked me up"
Yes, now understand"
And 'planed' me down with the NAL
let'-'
Nov don't. You won't stick to tho
rule"
"If had stuck to the rule the stick
would have saved me-
81 don't get on TO that"
Neither did |. 1t was | who go
off,"
"Wen, 20 on, 90 on" said his honor
tipping back his chair with the resignation
of n man who gives up his seat in
crowded car to woman.
Then they put me in the chase =
What? chased you? Impossible! Bu
go on"
And then they got out their shooting
stick"
Now, look here, do you mean to sa.
that they had to pull their revolver Of
you?"
mot exactly, but they took mallet
Then they sent me 10 press, and here
the impression, as you see."
"Is there anything the matter with you
young man" ,,,,
No, sir; only ask TO be delivered
II am told by friend of yours VIII
has lust climbed down from the back o
my chair that you have spoken in tn
technicaities of your profession, and tina
YOU swore off on the first of January, bu
YOU were persuaded by a lot of the boy
that the old year hadn't ended, and SO yol
fell. i'll let you go, and give you an al
manac with list of the eclipses, and tel
YOU when it will thunder, will you prom
ise never to look in n grocery again: nev
er TO take another drink; never TO 60 GU
with the gang, never, never, no never 81
up all night, and you will use your efforts
to the best of your ability, to bleach you
nose? Do you swear itp"
Il do, with italics. /"
"Then go away, and be good.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

FOUND HIS BoY.-Not long after the
stealing of Charley Ross, little son of
Henry Dochmueler, of St. Louis, was stol-
en-. The father had but little property.
and was unable to pay the expensee of an
extensive search; but he shrewdly hit up
on plan for accomplishing the object ef-
fectually. He read the parers carefully.
and whenever he saw an account of find
ing of supposed Charley Ross he sent to
learn if the boy vas not his lost one. At
length, two years after the kidnapping, he
saw an account of II strange boy in Illinois,
and on going there, he found what he had
been so long in search of. The childs
hair had been dyed. and he had changed
much through sickness and deprivation,
but there was no doubt us 10 his identity.
lie had been stolen by wandering beggars,
who had made his pretty face profitable in
exciting sympathy. The father is now
prosecuting the supposed kidnappers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

IMAGINATION AND DIsEAsE,-The in
1uence of the imagination in the simula-
ton of disease has often been proved. 1t
was in France, believe, that an expert
ment was made upon soldier who, being
condemned to die for some infraction of
military discipline, was handed over TO
scientists as u living subject. He was
placed in a hospital, and told that all
around him were patients suffering from
smallpox Although this was not true,
the man was soon taken violently sick and
displayed every symptom of the disease.
Instances tending to establish this remark
able domination of the mental faculties
over the body are not rare, and story is
going the round of the newspapers which
may be cited in this connection
A young man in indianapolis went into
a drug store and asked for fifty cents
worth of strychnine. The druggist gave
him harmless POWDER and he swallowed
it. He then explained that his affections
had been blighted, and he had taken the
poison to get even. The druggist told him
that there was not fifteen minutes life in
him, and that he was beginning to fade
about the eyes already. The youth sank
to the floor, and the sweat streamed from
his brow He was becoming very sick,
mentally and bodily, and appeared to be
dying The medicine-man became alarm
ed at the effect of The dose, and examined
the iar from which he had taken the pow
der 1t was sugar Of milk" sure
enough-perfectly harmless, and yet it
was producing spasms AS last resort
the young man was informed that he had
taken no poison, but instead very HARM
less powder, bushel of which would not
kill. The information put Il stop TO the
dying business; he revived, got up and
walked out of the store disguised, promis-
ing, however, to give the coroner an early
/ Job. 1t was the opinion of all the by
standers that the mere imagination OF
poison in his system WAS really killing the
youth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

] take this pain, Lord Jesus,
From thine own hand;
The strength TO bear it itbravely
Thou wilt command.
am loo weak for effort,
SO let me rest,
In hush of sweet submission,
On thine own breast.
take this pain, Lord Jesus,
As proof indeed
That thou art watching closely
Ny trust need;
That thou, my Goo Physician,
AIT working still;
That all thine own good pleasure
Thou wilt fulfil.
take this pain, Lord Jesus
What thou dost choose,
The soul that really loves thee
viii not refuse.
trust to-day
For thee my heart hath never
A trustees Nayl"
take this pain Lord Jesus
But what besides?
Ills no unmngled portion
Thou dost provide.
In every hour ofGaintness,
My cup runs DER
With faithfulncss and mercy,
And loves sweet store.
| take this pain, Lord Jesus,
AS thine own gin,
And true though tremuous praise
now uplit.
am too weak TO sing them,
But thou dost hear
The whisper from the blllow-
Thou are so near
'Tis thy dear hand, o Saviour,
That presseth sore,
The hand that bears the nail.prmts
For evermore.
And now beneath its shadow,
Hidden by thee,
The pressure only tells me
Thou lowest mel
-Ltttelrs Loring
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

Dr. Schliemann is the son of clergy
man of New Bucknow, Mecklcnburg. At
fourteen he was apprenticed to grocer:
after his term was finished he came to
America, where he became porter at
$l00 year. Here he learned Italian ol
u clerk and taught himself Russian. In
1916 he went to Russia, where he became
IN importer. and amassed fortune ol
half million. Returning to this country,
he went to California, where he doubled
his money, and from thence set about nc.
complishing the dream of his later year.
the resurrection of Troy. He is now
' lilty-fiVe years old.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

THE WOUNDED WILD GoosE.-Most, if
not all, herding quadrupods shun wound
ed number OF the herd, but it is not equal
" so with the fcathercd creatures. Many
kinds of birds are known to give sympathy
and help when II companion is hurt or in
danger. The Anahelm, (Cal.) Gazette tells
this story:
The large ilocks of geese which are con-
stantly passing over the town, are frequent
ly shot ut, but they generally fly at tco
high an altitude to be reached by the lead
en- missiles. Sometimes, however, the
shots take effect. The other day we were
watching flock flying southwark, when
the report of II gun was heard, and we OBJ
served one of the geese begin to fall slow
ly. The others perceiying that their COM
rade was wounded, uttered shrill cries OF
distress, and about dozen of them flew
under the wounded bird, huddling togeth.
er so that their backs formed Il sort Of bed
upon which the wounded one rested,
They buoyed it up for some time, the
others meanwhile looking on and mani
testing their concern by uttering loud. dis
cortlant shrieks. Finding that their com.
panion was unable longer TO accompany
them in their flight they abandoned him tc
his fate. and he fell to the earth and into
the arms of an expectant Chinaman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

THE TAYLOR JuG.-A gentleman tray
cling at the West met an emigrant journey
ing with his family to the fertile regions
beyond the Mississippi He had all his
goods packed in wagons, and on one load
there hung huge jug with the bottom
broke out He asked the stranger why he
carried that with him. Why" said he,
81 had son with Gen. Taylors army in
Mexico, and the old gentleman always
told him to carry his whi,ky-jug with Il
hole in the bottom; and since then have
carried my jug as you see it, and find it
the best invention | ever met with"
Now" said Rev. DR.. Tying, who related
the anecdote, " if our presidents, govern
ors and legislators would carry such
whisky Jugs as this western emigrant car
ried; if their jug had no bottom in il, we
should have much less drunkenness and
misery" O, the ruinous example of those
in high stations.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

HUSBANDS MANNERs-All men who
are married-come Mt one time, sooner ol
later, to Il point in their lives where they
have TO decide whether the amenities and
courtesies and sweetness which character
lied the early days Of their affections shall
be continued or whether it shal be given
up, and harsh sentiment and speech and
thought and feeling shall peryade the life
To some of us, perhaps, this time has
come, and we have not decided rightly
and harshness has crept into that whcI
had been perfect melody, and there has
been chronic discord in Our family circle
The time comes now to lis again-ri9h
here, now, at the suggestion of your pas
tor, to recall those sweeter days and re-
form vour conduct, husbands, if you have
lapsed from that sweet era ForbearancC
is the keynote of married life. There
can be no great discord, there can be nc
large divcrgences from tunelulness, 81
long as the husband forbears and the wife
forbears. Now this cannot he attained
without some labor Results are ap
preached gradually in character, as they
are in making sandhll. 1t is grain
upon grain. shovclful upon shovelful, anC
load upon load, that makes the mound tt
rise. So results of character comes grad
ually. An act at this time, Il deed yester
day, word this morning II word to-mor
row, n cross answer to-day repeated ;
month hence. and so on, till Mt last yol
find that there is ridge between yon ant
your wife $ or husbands affections -.Nur
TuU.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

To repair the silvering on u mirror, the
following method has been recommended
by good authorities; Clean the bare por-
tion of the glass by rubbing it gently with
fine cotton, taking care to remove all dust
and grease. With the point of knife cut
upon the back of another glass portion
of the silver of the required form, but a
little larger. Place drop of mercury up
on it. This spreads, and presently the
piece of amalgam may be lifted up with
the blade of knife, and transferred to the
place to be repaired. Press it with a
piece of cotton wool. 1t hardens speedily
and the patch is as good as any other part
of the mirror.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

ENGLISH SPARRows. Don't impor-
them into your section Of the count
try. Don't. They will drive out every
other feathered songster you have, even to
the robin; not even the quail can with
stand them. The writer lives on one of
the most beautiful avenues in the City of
Brooklyn, where the houses are on a large
plat of ground, in villa style; the sidewalks
broad and well lined with shade trees.
Before the English sparrows were intro
duccd, the early spring and summer morn
ings were gladdened with variety of ma
tive songsters carrolling to the delicious
morning air. Since the aggressive spar
rows were colonized, half the exquiteness
of nature has fled. Now, one hears only
harsh. twittering notes, and sees short,
homely, stocky birds. If you have any
sense of beauty and appropriateness, don't
engraft the English sparrows on your
neighborhood. d.-7arf and Field.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

FASHIONABLE DoLLs.-It is an amusing
proceeding to purchase a doll here and tc
note how all her ladyship'S wants are well
supplied First she must be dressed, and
you are called to select what style of un-
dergarments you would prefer, whether
embroidered, trimmed with lace, or plain,
and the tiny articles are produced, folded
and tied up with blue ribbons in packages
of half dozen each, eXactlyas they are
in the real-life lingeries. The dresses arc
charming, all silk or velvet, sometimes
trimmed with real lace, and cut and fash
ioned stylish rs Worth himself could do.
There are workmen expressly trained for
the trade of dolls dre,smaker, MS it re-
quires special talent to reduce the fash
ions OF the present day into such miniature
shape. Then Madcmoiselle must have hel
poodle and her prayer book, her writing
case with letter and note paper, stamped
with her monogram, her work box anc
her Jewel case, her set of iurs in mulf box
and tippct box, her glove box with some
dozen of practicable gloves, etc. etc
For be it known that she is an accomplish
ell lady, whose gloves can be changed n
will, and whose finely jointed fingers arC
quite capable of holding an eye glass Or 4
handkerchief, an opera glass or an oper
letter. She has her library of small vol
umes just proportioned to her size; she
has brushes of real ivory and combs o
real tortoise shell; she has tea services o
solid silver, and shawls Of veritablc lndii
cashmere, and under the empire she wa
occasionally known to wear real diamonds
and TO indulge in tea sets Of solid gold
She has dresses even now, trimmed will
real Valencicnnes, and she costs n goot
deal more than any toy ought to.-Rtri
Correspondence Philadelphia Telegraph
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

When maj, without cash or credit at
temnts to leave Il hotel and lowers his
yalise out of back window by means o.
n rope, it makes charity seem cold to heal
the landlord below, yelling up, 4" AL
right, I've got the valise; let go the
rope"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

People make great mistake about
heaven. They think it begins up yonder,
but it really begins down here. If you
can be happy in the basement story, you
are fitted to enjoy the happiness of the
upper stories. But if you whine and moan
here, heaven itself can't change your
mood.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

SMALL FEET.-A Partisan boot maker
says that American women have the small
est feet in the world. Then follow in Or
der, growing larger by degrees and em-
phatically big, Spanish, French, Italian,
Russian, English and German-the odious
comparison stopping with the last named
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

The object of the National Reform Con
vention, which is to be held in Chicago on
the llth of April, is to obtain a religious
amendment to the federal Constitution.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-11

March, the thrty.lrsi,
We slcdded wood upon the crust;
With yoke of oxen and horse,
And all the fences we did cross,
There was not fence in all the town,
That we had need for to pull down.
Goodbye, till spring, yours truly,
LID. G
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-29
The Beauties of Paris.

1t costs $4,000 annually to keen
the trees, strawberries and seats upon the
boulevards and in the public squares
and gardens of Paris in order. 1t is
estimated that the trees in the avenues
and DO llevard5 of Paris number 80, 200;
those in the cemeteries 10, 400, and those
in the squares and court yards of various
buildings, $500. There are also 5000
seats for the accommodation of the
public. The expense of keeping up all
the mural recreation grounds exclusive
of the Bots de Boulogne and the Bots de
Vincennes, is rather more than $50, 900.
The Bots de B0ulOgne covers 2, 1S2 acres,
and in Summer 10000 cubic feet of water
per diem are used to lay the dust, while
more than $4,000 cubic feet are required
to feed the ponds and cascades. The
Bots de Nincennes covers 2,303 acres,
and consumes nearly $4,000 feet of water
per diem.
A sum of $4,000 is paid annually by
the proprietors of restaurants and cafes
for the right of placing chairs and tables
upon the pavement in front of their es-
adjustments, and about half as much is
paid by the owners of shops for exhibit
their good outside of their windows.
The book stalls which are placed upon
the parapets of the Seine, and the boot
blacks and commissionaries contribute
to this sum. All the unoccupied corners
of streets and public buildings, where
rubbish finds its way in other large cities,
are utilized, and the municipality OBJ
tains $4,000 for the permission to erect
stalls there for the sale of knick-knacks.
A much larger revenue is derived from
the kiosks in which the newspapers are
sold, and this privilege is leased to a
company for term of fifteen years
which will expire in 1884 The compa-
ny pays the municipality a sum of fifty
francs for each kiosk, and has also to bear
the cost OF keeping them in repair and
lighting them. There are three hundred
of these k.osks at the present time, but
the number will soon be increased to
three hundred and fifty. The mnuci-
pality has the right of appointing the
persons who rent the kiosks from the
company, and fixing the rent, which va
ries from five francs to thirty francs a
month, according to the situation of the
kiosk. The company obtains large sum
from the advertisements cut into the
glass of the kiosk windows, in addition
to the rem paid by the news-venders.
In ordinary years the public vehicles
plying for hire in the streets bring in
revenue of nearly $4,000, and there
are one hundred and fifty cab stands, to
each of which is attached an inspector
appointed By the project of police.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-29
A Dissatisfied Witness.

She was a farmers wife, and, as she
took the witress stand in a case before
Justice Brown, she had her hands clench-
ed, her lips compressed, and the fire in
her eye was evidence that she was burn
ing to tell the truth
"Well, tell the jury what you know
about this case" said the lawyer.
She moved around little, looked the
jury square in the face, and, getting a
good hold of the witness box, she began
was out to the barn to ask my hus-
band if he thought it was going to rain,
and he said he guessed not, and | said |
guessed not, when three or four men
came in. They were jawing and swear
ing and it almost made my blood run
Never mind all that" interrupted
the lawyer. did you see any one
strike blow?"
blow, and three or four of them, and |
was never so frightened in my life, and
| wonder didn't faint away, and l be-
lieve this man they call Robinson was
the one who struck first and Pm almost
sure of it and if I'd been a man I'd
have
do you swear that Robinson struck
the first blow?"
" Yes, sir, l swear that | think Robin
son struck the first blow, though | may
be mistaken, of course, and of course L
don't want to swear to lie for no one
and | was excited and don't know but
some one may have hit him with an ear
of corn, and"
" That will do" said the lawyer.
Why-why, l haven't hardly COM
menced yet" she protested.
Well, I've got all | want of such tes-
timony."
" say it's a mean trick to bring me
INTO town. over 'leven miles of mud road
and then not let me swearl" she ex-
claimed as she stepped down. " | guess
I'm just as good as some other folks out
my way, and l guess I've got just as good
an education for swearing in court, even
if we haven't got upholstered chairs in
the housed"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-29

terest of good ORDER Cherub committed
some particularly fragrant outrage, when
the scandalized mother suddenly pointed
a threatening forefnger at it, after the
manner of long suffering mothers under
such circumstances, and the cherub,
after the manner of cherubs under
such circumstances, just opened its
mouth, took that baleful finger in,
and shut down ON it with pressure that
made that mother groan out in the wrong
place: "Ohl Ouch Have mercy on us!''