Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-03-14

The Esquimanx are very fond of whale.
tat, which constitutes their principal arti-
Gle of food Indeed, it is about the only
thing that would support life in their high
latitude. One man will consume fourteen
pounds of it in a day Such ravenous
feeders would hardly be favorites with our
clearinghouse keepers; but then, they
would not have the same appetites in this
climate, for Nature would not require SO
much fuel to keep the fires of the system
going. There are experts at hunting both
whale and seal, and when they have OBJ
taned Il plenty of bubber, they lie doDn
on their 6acb and are cranlmed by their
VjUes Vih the coceted dcljcacy!
Talk about conceit as much Us you like,
it is to human character what salt is to the
ocean; it keeps it sweet and renders it en-
durable. Say rather it is like the natural
unIuent of the seafowl's plumage, which
enables him to shed the rain which falls on
him and the wave in which he dips. When
one has had all his conceit taken out of
him, when he has lost all his illusions, his
feathers will soon soak through, and he
will fly no morc.-Ll0'meS
In its account of the Inauguration day
procession, the Washington ,Star saws
" A stray dog got imprisoned in the lane
between the two lines of the spectators on
the avenue, and sEedaddled down the
street towards the Capitol, in advance of
the procession, fresh impetus being given
to his pace at every bound by the uproari-
GUS cheering that greeted his appearance.
THE BEST FRIEND The most agreeable
of all companions is II simple, frank man,
without any high pretensions to an oppres-
Slve greatness one who loves life, and
understands the Use of it; obliging alike
ut all hours; above all of a golden temper,
and stcadtlst rs in anchor. For such Il
one we gladly exchange the greatest
genus, the most brilliant wit, the profound
est thinker. --LeSSi7g.
LIQUID GLUE.-Dissolve one ounce of
borax in n pint of boiling water, add two
ounces Of shelac, and boil in covered
vessel until the shellac is dissolved. This
forms u very useful and cheap cement; it
answers well for pasting labels on tin and
wthstands damp much better than the
common glue.
Sidney Smith wrote of u Miss Markham:
' In carving II partridge | splashed her
with gravy from head to foot and though
| saw three distinct brown rils of animal
Juice trickling down her cheek, she had
the complasance to aver that not drop
had reached her. Such circumstances are
the triumphs of civilized life"
There is something refreshing in the ab-
solute astonishment that visitors to u print
ing Office sometimes display at the COM
monest thing. "What is that black-look-
ing thing standing up in that corner9" is
sometimes asked byan unsophsticated OBJ
server, and the nearest typo answers,
=" That is the printing office towel. We
always stand it up in that corner Ia.
The man who is curious to see how the
world could get along without him can
find out by sticking cambric needle into
Il mill pond, and then withdrawing it and
looking at the hole.
A New Haven idiot has worn IN old
straw hat all winter, because he said last
fall that he would wear it until the Pres-
dental contest was decided.
Texas birds have learned to scratch up
and eat grasshoppers' eggs. Won't some
one please show the English sparrow how
to do Il like service for the potato bugs?
Is it Il sign of hard times in the West?
An advertisement in western paper wants
boy to open oysters fifteen years DID,"
A Kentucky debating society has been
discussing the question: (Which is the
bottom of buckwheat cake?n
Blue glass mashed fine, and given to u
dog, will cure him of worrying sheep, and
save two dollars for his license