Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25
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my dear boy. never defer until to.mor-
row what can be done to-day" Then,
mother. replied the urchin, let's eat
that plum pudding tonight
When 4 man and his wife are out walk
ing, and see Il love of bonnet in show
window, ;hey are both of one mind. She
wants to buy it, and he wants to 90 by it,
too.
1t took letter II days to 20 from one
Florida town to another, distance of 28
miles, and the people of both, with reck-
less disregard of expense, are now clam
oring for railroad.
a Elshionably-dr woman entered
Il drug store the other day, and informed
the clerk that her husband had overloaded
his stomach, and thatshe desired to oct an
epidemic to relieve him.
a divine passing fashionable church,on
which new spire was being erected, was
asked how much higher it was to be-"
" Not much; that congregation don't own
very far in that direction"
a wag, who thought to have joke at
the expense of an Irish provision doaler
said; Can you supply me with yard OF
pork? Pat, said the dealer to his assistant,
give the gentleman three pigs feet.
A little girl who was spending few
days with farmer uncle, visited the
barnyard and while looking at the we'll
fed cows, remarked, Why, uncle, just
see! all the COWS are chewing gum, aren't
they?'
No Books NECEssARY.-" My son, you
should rise with the sum-" said the old
gentleman, knocking at the door, Gov
ernor," mumbed youthful voice from
under the bed clothes, I" fear you never
studied the Copernican theory-the sun
does not rise or otherwise move" "Wen,
it don't need books to tell me that is true
of my son! replied the blunt paternal,
turning away. And the young collegian
concluded that possibly g the old man.
was naIually just about us smart as his
boy.
The lark never sings in his nest. A
single impulse of song is so strorg in him
that it seems to act like Il spring, and he
lifts himself into the air, and rises in cir
cults clear out of sight toward God. But
suppose sparrow should say, 81 am not
II singing bird, for never cut the air till |
am hidden in excess of celestial light"
1t would be very foolish; for the sparrow
was made to sing near the ground, while
the lark was made to sing near the sky
Each sings in his own way. And so men
should do that which they are made to do.
1t IS foolish for man to compare himself
with. and judge himself by, another.
The starways of temptation are very
numerous. Fashion carpets some of them
and claims that they are safe.
But we pastors know how often young con-
verts venture on the slippery places only
to catch woundng falls. The moment
that Christian goes, where he cannot take
Christ with him he is in danger. The
Master will not keep His hand under our
arms when we go on forbidden ground
Peter needed sharp lesson,
and he got it. That bitter cry at the foot
of the stairs bespoke an awful fall. How
many such are rising daily into Christ's
listening ears!-Dr. CUyicr
Dr. L. Chase of Portland, Me-, a musi-
cal genius, claims to have discovered the
reason why several notes in the lower
scale of q musical Instruments octave are
of better quality than the others, and he
has patented 1.-The specially responsive
SCALE" composed of group of
sounding-boards Or surfaces, by which all
the notes in an instrument may be made
perfect. He also claims that the existence
of perfect notes in u piano, organ, violin
or guitar, through accidental, is an in
fringemcnt on his discovery, and he pro-
poses to claim royalty of 50 on every
instrument Of the kind in the country,
which will bring him quite Il comfortable
sum Of money, if he succeeds.