Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

roryressman's salary is 2o5 pound' !"
per annum. ..-,s ,,,os army
More than ten per cent Vi ''''
deserted last year. ... foot
high in California to.inr the
g., RutIer ia SAID to fear that nc Is 'o'"e
sight of his other eye -. Goo r-om.
The Hudson river is open anu entirety
loo from Troy to New York
rho oxcess of merchandise exports over ,''F
- soptember has been over slaV'oo''O'O'
-, =. firm in his belief that the Turks nave
80, for the independence Of Europe
,,or,i,ro ia becoming fashionable among 'ne
,v,os,s or Germany, the civil law project
ing them .,,r,,h,or MI
II - - .,o ,dronIacks will be eXtermlna'eu
in ten years.
g, 1oufs lady died from fright because she
son,o hovs stoning her little boy who was play
ing on the sidewalk.
The bard.money men of the West seem 10 DC
waking up to the fact that 'hey nave
save as well as tie rest OF u.s.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is living 4 sec'uueu nv !"
nm interior town in France, and declines 10 ie'"'"
% America lest she may again he placeu !" IL"
insane asylum.
Mr. Nackav, the bonanza king, has brought inc
Kensington mansion of the notorious Baron vi ""'
tho largest private dwelling in LONDON WHO" 'os'
the builder s3,J0o'COo'
TO will or the late ex-senator wade leaves all
Tie n,o,orty to his wife, and makes her cXecu-
trx without bonds and requests That no l"'e"'o''
| Or raisal he required.
Mrs yawter, of Rochester, Ind, has oSoS
,,hich reigbs pound and hale and is SO slender
,,ot snge,.ring can be slipped over its arm 10 It's
shoulder, Vawter baby
.Not guilty, but ought to be hanged was ."e
form in which a bgamist, in whose iaVor ''onu
/ cal point had been successfully r"ise'' ""'
| ted by jury in Chester fa''
, dispatch from Trieste says the AUSTRIAN
e,oampr suhinx from Cavallo, win 2''1o oIoas9r
ans on board, caught fire and went as''o'' "'"
. Cane Ella 800 lives were lost.
--Irs Iincoln of Boston, keeps pet African
lion and 4 liouess each weighing over TWO huholeu
|. nopnds and roaming the house with freedom ne
! uoness occupies the same bed with the lazy
i, Pane Leo has written the car expressing inc
hone of the resumption of negotiations 'e'a.l'o ~
\ the church in Poland aud he intehaS WINS
= similar letter to Emperor William oil "eFha"E'
t The Pennsylvania Senate has been considering
I'm 70 reIieve those who religiously observe Tue
= seventh dav of the week from the lehaluc' Va wv
old sunday law, but finally defeated H. ~ 10 a.
0 English gentleman committed suicide leaving
5 rarort IN saw that he did SO because his vile "as
9 great deal too good for him. Here stepped IN 'n'
oroner,s Jury with the verdict that he was lnsane
mania, Mcfarland who killed A. d. Richardson
l = Now York has been at work in wagon shop al
= sontt Pond. Ind, this winter, under the name o.
t ,,an,uou He was discharged lately on accoun
5 of his drunken habits.
Jsrrv Tuls of Cincinnati died on Friday night
s,clnoss caused by lack of food, sefneglcct, anc
$ oxnosure. He was worth 100000. lie OouGh
2 h;s Garments in the secondhand clothing stores
a., dined in cheap restaurants. lie lived alternate
L. in a wretched room in an obscure alley and IN
5 loo INT on one of his many farms. lie was unmar
= RED.
The latest novelty in Advertising is a gratuitou'
barometer. 1t consists of portrait of an old tope
i with an enormous proboscis which hy an ngeni
ous chemical application turns blue when dry
weather is approaching lilac when the rospect
are for cloudy weather, and pink when moisture il
imminent. 1t is irreyerently named " Old Probab
ties, )" or the spirit barometer"
2, A boy was recently sent by express over thu
: crooked roads of Pennsylvania The way bill ran
! " One boy from T. II. Walton, Doylesown, to W
d w. Dewitt White Haven, weight fifty pounds
: II was necessary to make several changes. \ tai
fastened to a buttonhole was checked by egh
ii messengers and he was receiptcd for by them, an
J. finally delivered to his destination IN eNcellen
L order.
% Steven McCorkle of North Carolina, lcade
among the colored men, advocates the establish
~ ment of the whipping post, on tine plea that undt
$ existing laws the average offender cannot aI'rd
h nav the fine usually imposed for petty crimes an
n consequently has to work in the chain gang lI
% months, thereby losing much valuable time whe
N nv the proposed law the offender could mug Il
r post, take his thrty-nine lashes, and go Zee
g. There are two animated barometers in sacrame
he to- CAL that have proved trustworthy, even W"el
artificial instruments have failed. One of them
y; a catfish which is kept in water trough. No ma
US ter how clear the weather may bs, tins i'h always
be fore storm makes it point to swim about wit
VI his head below the water and his tail above Whe
T. the rain begins to fall he goes out of sight until IL
ce weather changes. The other is couple oil lro'
n under the floor of the police office, which ha
never vet been seen by any of the officers but vi
in persage storm several hours in advance OF u
H. barometrica Indications, by series OF peculiar
, discorIant croaks. No matter how clear cnd brig
on the night the police officers then make 1t a point
r. prepare for storm, and the warning has ncv
I'm proved in vain