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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

HUSKs AND POPS We taught the In
dians 10 chew and drink; and they gave
us their tobacco and corn. NJ lzn, or
lnlan corn, is now 81 common in the
land that the word hu>ks at once calls it
TO mind; and in ordinary conversation
"hu-kS" means the husks of Indian corn.
As this kind Of corn WIS not known in the
,nds of The ProIigtl Sou, it was not with
its huskS that he "Gain would have
filled his belly The hlskS Of the prod
lgal grew on trees; antl they We're not
mere shucks or hnsks. They were pods,
with pulp and seeds within. Therefore
We might read, "he fain would have ii led
his b lily with the pods which the swine
did eat.
The English name Of the evergreen tree
which bears the husks or pods. i, car-ob.
Some have thought that John the Baptist
lived on the fruit of this evergreen, and SO
II has been named st. john bread tree
The car.Ob Is II native of southern Europe
and the E ,st. Growing about twenty-five
high, 1t bears horn shaped pods about rs
wide US the finger and from six to ten
inches in length. These pods. containing
Il thick pithy substance. very sweet to the
taste. We're eaten by the cattle, and partc.
ularly by pigs and by the poorer classes of
the population. The prodiga WAS in
trouble; he longed to ill his stomach from
the pods which the hogs ate. He was
hard up because Of his fast living; and
truly the way of The fast liver becomes
hard one.-COAgrog 1j0@ai!St.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14
WHO HATH wIspoMp-IIe who turneth

WHO HATH WsDoM?-IIe who turneth
away his head when he puncheth the fire.
She who putteth not on her bridal raj
ment until the bridegroom apprareth.
He who smiteh not strange animal,
but first in(ormeth himself us to its ma
tnre.
He who Furnishes II refractory mule at
distance. with pole.
She who does over her old bonnet when
her husband stopppth his gin.
lie who suhdneth his temper when the
provoker of his ire is the biggest fellow.
He who pledgeth himself to abstinence
when ye liquor recoileth from his stom-
arh.
Ye young girl who persuadeth not her
self that We husband will be much kinder
than ye lover.
He who putcth not up his money on
horse race, without first having IN under
Standing with ye horses rider.
She whose character being eXceedlngly y
.haky, doth not seek to injnrc her neigh
bor's.
The old maid, who having no one to
owe her, ralcth not ut the younger folks,
nor whiSpereth venom against him whom
she would ftin have won.
And all such have wisdom.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

Grape vines should always be pruncd in
the inIl, us bud weather, or press of other
work may interfere in early spring A,
each vine will require to be pruned accord
M To It's con lllon, no general rules cah
he given, Iho canes that grew the pas
season will not bear fruit aglin. Tn.
bulls upon these canes will next spring
iorm shoots upon which the fruit will b,
borne. The pruner should be able to Sc,
what the vine will be, to decide where h,
wishes fruIt-bearng shoots. and must leav,
buds TO produce them, cutting away al
the other buds or tie canes which prOduc,
Ihem. As this will remove large shar,
If the wood that the vine has made tht
past season. the novice is timid, and fears
hat he is doing wrong, but in.most cases
the danger is IN leaving, rather than re
moving too much. --AdricHitarist jar O9
tOber.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

Tie SCnooL OF HARD KNOCKS. A
great deal of useless sympathy is in this
day expended upon those who start in life
without social or monetary help. Those
are most 10 be congratulated who hqve NJ
the beginning u rough lusse with crcum-
stances. John Ruskin sets it down rs one
OF his calan tiles that in early life be had
nothing to endure. A pelted and dan
died child makes weak and insipd man.
You say that Ruskin just quoted disproves
The theory. No! he is showing in dei iecled,
Nplenetic, and irritable old age the need of
the early cudgeling of adversely. A little
experience of the hardship of life would
have helped 10 make him grateful and
happy now. No Drawn of character with
odt compulsory eXerlion, The men who
sit strong in their social and financial ele
vaIion are those who did their climbing.
Misfortune lisa rough nurse, but she raises
giants. Let our young people, instead of
snncumhng to the influences that would
keep Them back md down, take them as
parallel bars, dumb bells, md weights oil
gymnasium, by which they can get mus
Gle for the strife. Consent not to beg your
way to fortune, but achieve II. God is
always on the side of the man who does
his hes'. God helps the man who tries to
tVefs )me difficulties -Krehntge
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

SHORT WALKING SKGRrS.-Among the
styles for the coming season, that will re-
ioice the hearts of all sensible persons is
he revival of short skirts for street suits
Walking costumes with the skirts short
enough to clear the ground have been in
ciuded in the most desirable ParisiaI i'm
porlations, and, if the American leaders
say th" word, this comfortable fashion will
be widely and gratefully accepted. Flow
ing skirts and long trains add dignity and
grace TO woman's movements when they
are worn under the right conditions, but
the dignity and grace are entirely lost
when the trains sweep the side >alks, trail
over the muddy crossings, or are kept out
Of harms way Ly being rulhlessly clutched
in the hand Of the wearer. Trailing gar
mcnts are poetic and in place in the draw
lng-room and the ball room, or for home
and carriage wear, but they should never
be seen in the public thoroughf;res, and
all women who wear them sin against the
laws Of goo taste. and that eternal fit
ness which is SO important an element
in the perfection of the feminine toilet 1t
is to be hoped then that II movement will
be made in the right direction in this de-
partment of reform, and that winter wa H.
ing costumes will swing clear OF the mud
AMI peslilenlill membranes Of the
stress, while the most neIegant and un-
graceful necessity for Il vigorous grasp
upon the back brcudths of the skirt will
no longer be II source of amusement and
an unftiing topic for criticism to all spec
tatorS Of the process
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

A Dutchman was riding in the cars, and
wanted to get out at " certain avenue.
When the street was reached, he came to
the door Of the Cur, thinking the conductor
would stop. As the conductor paid no at
tention to him, he said " Say. condooour,
you don't shop de car; want to get out
here" The conductor was another Dutch
man like himself, and replied: Veil, w
you don't Gay so; can't schmell i'd
suppose those bells are sounding an
alarm of fire." sneeringly said man, as
the church bells were calling together the
worshippers on Sunday morning; to which
clergy man, who was passing, reioined
" Yes, my friend, but the fire is not in This
world"
When young Jenkinson told his father
he'd only been out on little lark, the old
gentleman mutlsred that he guessed
there was more swallow than lark"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

TALK Up YoUR Town Tho following
advice is SO excellent in its way, so peril
nently adapted not only to our own town,
but to others, that we transfer it to our
columns from an exchange:
:" Yes, talk up your town and work it
up. If it has good schools, churches,
newspaper and clean streets, talk it up
Don't grumble if everything is not up to
your ideas ESPECIALLY if you do nothing
to help make the place. Dn't tell stran
gers it is the worst place you know of in
which to bring up child, unless you know
it is worse than any other town of its size
Give encouragement to every useful and
elFditable enterprise in your midst, for us
Sfre us effect follows cause, SO sure does
enterprise or merit repay every citizen.
We cannot live unto ourselves, and We
cannot discourage any movement in behalf
of Il place without inflicLing unto ourselves
u personal injury. If you see needed
Improvement demand ii, talk it up vigOr-
ously, until the whole community is i'm
pregnated with the idea, until storm of
public sentiment completes the work but
if you can't have everything that is need
ed, remember that it is in that respecl just
Ike thousands of oth9r places iii the land
Ke, p talking and encouraging, hut don /
grumblc. Don't stop because some poor
mummy, out of whom has wilhered ill
public spirit and love of all adv nrement,
moans ou his sepuchral whine, g 1t won't
pay Show to your live fellows that it
will pay, and leave 10 the mummy his en-
balmed dust and stupidity; and by and
by you will see the result of your courage
and talk, in universal improvements IN
creased facilities for business, cultivated
society, and II broad, liberal and generous
spirit that provides and WHITES, making
pleasant and beautiful every patch which
it enterS.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

BUSINESS TRAINING.-It takes II sound
mind. Work i, not vulgar. So long us
the brain needs the juice OF the body, so
long will hard work be the fundamental
element in tile development OF the mind.
Business is eminenlly fit for mm Of
genius. ana to earn IL livelihood is the best
way to sharpen ones wits. Besides busi.
ness affairs offer better opportunities at
present than The 50 called professions
therefore our youth should be thoroughly
and practically trained lor business, in Or
der that they may succeed and become -
credit to whatever calling they may adop
At the same time they shoHll be educated
not to dpspise Labor; for after all, it is only
by work that we achieve any success
worthy Of the name.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

Many families that keep coal fires over
night are accustomed to close all the pipe
hampers and leave the stove door open
The gas thus generated is deadly poison,
and if it escapes into sleeping rooms it will
first stupefy and then kill. Leaving the
covers off cook-stoves al night is danger
Gus practice, unless the kitchen is careful
ly closed to prevent the escape of gas into
sleeping rooms. Now that the cold wealth
er is multiplying the number of coal fires
in our dwellings. little attention and care
in this particular may save many lives.
Furnaces that allow gas to escape INTO the
heating pipes are poison breeders, and the
leak should be stopped or the furnace sold
for old iron. Scientific Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

The Royal Commission to investigate
the working of grocrrs' Licenses in Scot
land began its investigation in f inbnrgt
yesterday, when the city clerk and Mr.
MacLaren, the senior NJ. p. for the city
gave evidence. Mr.. MarLarrn, who has
given II good deal of attention to the sub
jet, was empha.ic in tesifying to the
mischief that |, suits from the licensing Of
grocrrs to sell spirits, especially in low To-
calities. In many eases the demands OF
their customers for necessaries are in the
same proportion rs FalStatls half.penny
worth Of bread to IN intolcrablc quantity
Of drink. They might shut up shop alto
gelhrr but for thcir profits on the whiskey
trade. The worst of ii aIl is that it is a
common thing for these small groccrs Ia
brib3 working mems wives to continue
their patronage with glasses of whiskey
and to enter glls of wliskey in their plss
books under the name Of groceries, partly
to deceive the husbands, and partly to pro-
trtp themselves rs whiskey debts are nol
recoverable by law. Mr.. MacLlren is in
favor Of Withdrawing all wh,kev licenses
from grucers, but the city clerk maintains
this would only send the wives and Others
To the public houses and 50 aggrayate thr
evil
The present inquiry is upon too narrow
, scale To- eiicil all the lrutl about the
evils ot intemperance. Our Hory govern
mrnt owes its existence to the favor of lh,
pIblicans, and cannot afford to oifenl it,
patrons hy inq irlng too closely into thu
management and results Of their business
Our police takes its cue from the govern
mrnt, for tn ugh there is II law requiring
il report periodically on the number ri
Tunken per'on found issuing from our
various public houses, no such report Im
ever been made We have 4SO licensed
grocers in Edinburgh, and 3l2 publ
houses, giving one licensed house for every
4S families OF five persons each. GllsgoW
has 1876 licensed houses, or one for every
81 families. Edinburgh has Is fewp
licensed houses than in 1904, and Glasgow
VI fewer During thtt period Edinburgh
has added 10000 and Glasgow 225,0O0, so
we are not nearly Us bud in respect tG
public houses rs we were % years ago
Leu tile consumption oI llquOf has IN
creased The public houses are on
grander scale, aud the increased drunken
ness, which began in the years of our
has been sustained by the ap
petite then acquired, notwithstanding IT,
lullness of trade and the reduction o
wages. II will require II stronger purg,
tnaa our legsIttiv doctors are dis posed
70 administer before amy sensible impress
ion Is made upon our drinking habits.-
Edi4d"rJh Corrcsp9ndence of Western Id
COcdte.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

AN AUTUMN DAY.-The i ~ WIS one Of
God's odes written for men. " ould that the
days Of our human autumn were as grand
ly calm, rs gorgeously hopeful,as the days
that lead the aging year down to the grave
of winter would that our white hairs were
sunlit from behind like those radiance-bor-
dered clouds! would that our air were as
pure rs this when it mast be rs COLI
would that the falling, ut last, Of life's most
cherished HOPES did but, like these forest
leaves, let in more of sky-more of the
infinite possibility Of the region of truth,
which is tie matrix offtct; then VIC should
90 marching down the hill of life, like n
battered, but still hammered army on its
way home.-GeOrQe Mcdonald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

SCHOOL s OUT Reader, did yon ovel
pause and contemplate that p lrticular anC
peculiar ph ise of human nature developed
by the existent school boy released from
study and dfsciplile-when school is out,
and he is on his way home
Ordinary humanity, when released from
the tolls of The day, is prone to seek resi-
and relaxation. The boy scorns all snch
efeninae ideas. tie is composed of but
three parts-legs, arms and yell, and the
yell is the biggest part of him. His legs
and arms have been kept in rksome COM
pulsory quietude all day, and now must be
exercised His voice has been septhng
and swelling in him for hours, and now
must have vent.
As soon as he IL clear OF the school
house steps he stops and deliberately yells
II yell that iS ear-splitting, but which has
no more object, meaning or direction than
the midnight vociferation of mule, and
yet it appears at n full run with his arms
flying about like the scintillatiuns of IL pin
wheel. lie is no respecter of persons and
IS utterly Indifferent us to whether he runs
down IL smaller boy, spins an aged citizen
three times around or mlsheS girls hat
over her eyes in his headong career
Nervous ladies hug the sides Of the
houses us he rushos by in drove like Il
'~ihrlwind and screams like steam whis-
tie.
Mercy on us! If that boy was only
mine I'd but just then her own boy fl'es
past, falls over dry goods box, bounces
up, kicks at another boy. and is chased
across the street and around the corner
before she can get the You, Robert
with which she intends to annihate him,
out of her aslonished throat. There is but
one thing that has the slightest soothing
effect on the boy when he is on his way
home from school He can see his old
man further than Prof. Hall can see hay
stack with IL telescope, and the moment
that parent dawns upon his vision he be-
comes rs proper us IL model letter writer,
and the neatly moduatcd voice with which
he wherdleS the author of his being out OF
live cents on the spot, is Il lesson Tor say.
ing banks and passenger railway presi
dents.
The amount Of racing, jumping, pull
ing, and hauling and bowling that II school
boy can concentrate into II transit of two
squares is positively astonishing, and the
preternauraI GOODNESS and quietude with
which be takes his red face and painting
breath into The kitchen and asks it supper
tin't most ready is u human conundrum
that calls for unqualified admiration
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

A little Athol boy, guilty of some mis-.
conduct, upon being asked why he could
be so naughty, replied that he thought he
was not doing anything wrong. That is
no excuse, - said his mother "Thinkinp
do, sn't help the matter" Well, nam.
ma" said he. whats the use Of having .
thinker If you can't think"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-14

1t is announced Us Il cheering sign of
the progress Of civilization among THE
Indians that the Cherokee nltiyo5 have II
debt and are unable to pay the interest
uro1 it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-16
GEOR GET TO WV,

THE 10Th Building Association, lately or
ganiZed, has its first meeting for payment of
dues. al Goddard's Hall, 10 nj ght.
ONERsEERS OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Mr.. Joseph l.. Simms, Mr.. Richard K.
Sheckell, and Mr.. Carroll, former inspector
OF street work here, are among the candi =
dates for overseer Of street improvements IN
Georgetown, under the new regime. The
latter has the advantage of experience In the
duties and good record.
GRAIN Arrived Boat Caledonia, with
200 bushels wheat and 700 bushels corn;
boat Seneca, with 1O1 barrels -four 30 BUSH
els wheat and go bushels oats to Hartley &
Bro. Also, 500 bushels wheat and 300 bushels
corn to IL. NJ. Talbot; 400 bushels corn by
rail 10 same.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE. Offerings on
'Change to-day, $500 bushels wheat, with
sales as follows: 10 bushels at Sl.36; 1000
bushels at Sl;S54; $50 bushels at sl.i2; 100
bushels at S13Sk.
THE NEW MARKET House Is nearly
completed, and will be ready for use in a few
days.
CATTLE MARKET-tFurnished by ]. n.
kengla & Coz Number of cattle, $50, all
sold. Prices, Az to 81 cents per pound; 900
sheep and lambs, 500 sold from ~ to 5X cents
per found. zee left; 80 cows and calves sold
at S25 10 Si5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-16
THE COURTS.


sault and battery 81. Edward Lancaster, coiorci,
street; $50 or months in Jail. Charles Davis alias
Offence; continued for a further hearing. Patrick
tassday threats of violence James Bennett; s2o0
Eehar,isGn, assault on ohm Davis; 50. John Nor
where he has been employed; s25, or months in
JAIL aso charged with carrying black jack $40, or
Hannah F. Bannster, his wife, Whisky at the
bottom Of ihs --aHit as his wife tcstineJ; 40 -
days III JAIL Charles Hall. assault and battery on
John Peree1a ,eyere assault $50, or months in
terry On J6Gph Lee sI6 and rsfs NJ ana lat
Lee ana Nelson Colbert assault on Charles Wahau-
Lewis johnson, larceny Of bo,fIe Of c"Icna +, n,
Samuel Waggaman $40, or 30 days. John DeetoIi,
apar tGos second oce MAI, s aaPffny oi 2
Jury Mary Lancaster stree; blasphemer; 81.
McNherry forfeited collateral for selling by short
rh .%sm,s IN me market h9n5e ALERT Corning was
measure not conforming to the STANDARD measure OF
the United States. Mr.. James Small, the sealer of
Of gry measures for half and quarter pccks aud ex
riaincd how the public are constantly being swim
olcd 10y these measures. He showed how. by their
construction, persons are easily gulled He asked
the court to be lcnent in this IA fouud other
measures IN the possession of defendant which
up to he standard. The court remarked that this
Ui ANYTHING we buy as We do Treasury bll-as
GOOD TRUE; a. matter of curse. This is Of
fcnce punishable at common law well statutory
i I'M. Information mad been brought under the Dis
tct ordinances, and in consideration that the officer
bad spoken good word for him he would impose a
similar charges he would commit him to Jail for six
months. In this case he was fined So
ALL SORTS.
p. Z: Thornton. forfeited collateral. George Nc
Aztec and Henry Matthews, disturbing Georgetown:
S3each. Lewis johnson, disorderly; SIS. Thomas
johnson was sent down for vagrancy. John Ban
fame; So Josepine Davis Was bnd - for i pTD
tempt oi court Patrick Cassidy, profanity; SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-08-16
LOCAL NE US.
Con densed Locals.

Lighting or the street lamps at 945 p. M,
extiD gushing al 3 20 a. m.
From J. G. Parker ve have the New YORK
papers In advance Of the mails
Shillington has Appleton's Journal and
DemOrest's Monthly for September.
Mr.. q. L.. Sheriff has received one boat load
James q. NayIor, contractor for building
the Western Market hou- e, has been direct
protect dealers from the scorching rays OF
the sun.
During the storm Monday night the ligt =
ming struck the house of Mr. John WINK 90
near FOrestvilIe, Prince Georges co ,rty
Md completely demOlishing IL. Y cs in
mares were all stunned, but none H led.
Mr.. Thomas Kirby. contractor r having
X street northwest between 4th nj 5th he .
just completed his work. Thiss rect is paved
with Belgian blocks laid on a substantial
bs6 offs sand.
precinct, found a dead female infant Ccol-
osed J at the interse .tion of Virginia and
North Hampshire avenues. II was buried
At the expense of Toe District.
To day, MessT.-. Darlington and Caring
ton, for W. L. EvaTs, entered suit against
VIM A. HestZ, for NAL cious prosecution in
causing his arrest on the liih of August on
The charge OF committing felony, laying
damages at ~2n,C
The Police Commissioners were engaged
yesterday afternoon in hearing testimony in
lie case OF a j. Sullivan, OF the third pre-.
cinct. charged with using unnecessary viO-
leDco towards cOlOred man named Powell
ID hrfeSffng him.
Victoria Pool. the colored girl, who pleaded
guilty al the last term Of he Criminal Court
OF petty larceny, was yesterday afternoon
pariOned Nv The President on condition tina
she return 10 North Carolina whence she
came. The pardon was granted upon the
representation Of ex-senator Pool, upon
whose plantation the woman formerly Lived !,
that she was of weak mind.
II. II. Baxter, formerly First Lieutenant
Columbian Cadets. enlisted in the Sth regi-
meut, NJ y. G., last ThurSda as a priveta.
snC on Monday was promoted to Second
Lieutenant Of Company F I'm that regiment.
This SpCass well OF the drlll and discipline
of the Columbian Cadets, which is COMPOSED
or young men in cur city between the ages of
II and 21
As none of the real workingmen OF the
Distri CT. or members Of regularly organized
trades Unions who have been asked about
The matter know anything OF the reported
meeting in This city, to amalgamate the
trades unions, ii is fair 10 presume that the
account telegraphed from this city is rather
exaggerated. TO say the least. II is likely
Hodnetts followers may have had one of
their numerous meetings, but no importance
Is ats ched to IL by wOr kingmen VINO work.
Four companies OF marines arrived here
last evening on a special train by the Balti-
more ard Ohio road from Martinsburg.
They were in Command OF Col James Forney
and Captains Bishop, Porter, Costin, VAIN
wright and BiGdle. These companies have
been in active service for two weeks az Mar
tinsburg and Cumberland. After being re-
viewed in fro1t Of the depot they marched to
quarters at the Marine barracks. They will
soon return TO Norfolk being connected with
The North Atlantic fleet.