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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

Prof. W. Il. Phelps has resigned his posi-
ton rs PRINCIPAL OF the Normal School At
Whitewater, Wisconsin, aud the position has
been rendered to Prof. Tousley, of Minueap-
OILS, but the latter declines to accept, PREFER
ing remain where he is.
May God protect the State of Min.
nesota. He has removed the grass.
hoppers; he cannot be cruel enough
to send back Phelps upon our afflicted
people. Better the cholera, the vel
low fever. the hessian fly and the
chinch-bugs =!
Let the Governor order a day OF
fasting and prayer!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

Honest old Peter Cooper does not have to
shell out $500 to Wallace p. Groom Just
yet-so says the jury. We wish the world
was full of as honest men as Peter Cooper
He may be a little enthusiastic over his
greenback theory, but just now green backs
are disgracing nobody, unless it is the fellow
who has none.
We are sorry to think it, but the
conviction is forced upon us that
Wallace =. Groom is not ''all our
fancy painted him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

And now IL. II. Young steps down
and out of the Red Wing Adrance.
He says he is more surprised to find
himself out than any one else can pos
sibly be.
We hold no malice toward Young,
and hope he may get on his feet again
in some new quarter, where he can
preach his inner convictions.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

'Grant! why, of course, l will vote for
him in preference to lukewarm Republican,
You have no idea how Grant stock is in
creasing in importance Ireally believe that
Grant will be the next President. Robert
lngersol.
No wonder that man don't believe
in q hell.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06
The st. Paul Dispatch grows

The st. Paul Dispatch grows more
and more sensible every day. Here
is one of its latest utterances:
"The first thing for Congressman to do
before framing new tariff, says the New
York Tribune, sis to find out w lat the peo-
pie " hose interests are concerned really de-
sire" Just so. Find out W hat the large body
Of customers think about being made to pay
high prices for the benefit of few inventors
in limited lines of manufacturing.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

FALL RIVER, May IS -Th re is no doubt
that, with two Or three exceptions, all the
print-cloth mills will within few days de-
eide to run on half-time for the next eight or
ten weeks, either by running alternate
weeks or three days each week.
We can see how rapidly good times
are returning to an afflicted land.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

The Porte has prepared memorandum.
Tor the congress, declaring that it was hur
ned into signing the San Stefano treaty BY
the Grand Duke Nicaolas, It e.ch pause
IN the negotiations, threatening to advance
o. ConGfantinople.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

An Irishman " no stood near the third base
watching game of base ball, was sent to
grass by toul which struck him under the
fifth rib. "a fowl, waz ut Begorra thought
1t wuz mule.'
That's the way Ole Lien felt when
the Merrill bill passed last winter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

TON what in the world put mat
rinony into your head 20 .Well. the
fact is. Joe, / was getting short Of
shirts."
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06

Gold has risen from One-eighth of
one per cent. to one and one-eighth
per cent. Where is resumption?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-06
kGAtCtrRAT10NS.
[GNATIUS DONNELLY, Editor.
THURSDAY JUNE 6, 1878.

The cherry red will soon be ripe,
And soon the apple green will grippe;
While pepperment and paregorlc
Will sOnthe the agony of collie.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

| HOME DECORATIoN.--Decorative art
was once known only TO the rich, but now
it is fimilinr to the middle classes, who
crave forms of beauty. Let us dwell for IL
few moments on houses and the art of fur
nishing rooms. Rooms are quick tell tales
of character and taste, or the lack of it,
and each room should express something
and be in harmony with itself There are
elegant drawing rooms which chill you us
you enter, and simple, cosy sitting rooms,
in which every chair says, do sit down
with me, and IL welcome will come from
the very walls. Taste is but Il synonym
for good household culture, and she is Il
wise woman who surrounds those she
loves with objects of beauty. 1t is not an
impossible fact, for women can accomplish
much in this direction. know one who
has changed, us fby magic, an ugly sew
en- gabled house into marvel of beauty
1t is a thousand little fecilities, pretty
bracket, I'm artistic gem of picture, stat
uette or bust, Il guaze curtain yelling some
little recess, pretty hanging basket
graceful stand of flowers, a tiny cabinet of
choice treasures, cosy chair, or COM
Portable divan, these and many another
object. triflng in itself and easily manu-
facturcd, are the traps TO catch sunbeams,
which simmer and tighten up and glow
through the dwelling where taste dwells
in unity with utilities and love.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

THE Nut PINE OF NEvADA.-Thc most
valuable trees in the forests Of Nevada is
the nut pine, of which there are extensive
forests. Its value TO Nevada, says the Sar
Francisco Bulletin, is not easily overesti
mated. 1t furnishes fuel, charcoal and
timber for the mines, and together witt
the enduring juniper SO generally associ
alcd eth it, supplies the ranches with
abundance of lirewood and fencing. Many
II square mile has already been denudeC
in supplying these demands, but, 50 great
is the area covered by it, no appreciabe
loss has yet been sustained. Besides its
general uses, this tree yields edible nuts
which are excellent Us food, and in fruitful
seasons the pine nut crop OF Nevada is
perhaps greater than the entire wheat
crop of California. The Indians alone
appreciate this portion of natures bounty
and celebrate the harvest home with dane
ing and feasting.
The cones, which are bright grass
green in color, and about two inches long
by one and half in diameter, are beaten
off with poles Just before the scales open
and lightly scorched by burning thin
covering of brushwood over them. Tho
resin with which the cones are bedraggled
is thus burned off, the nuts slightly roasted
and the scales made to open. Then tney
are allowed to dry in the sun, after which
the nuts are easily thrashe out and are
really to be stored away They are about
half aid inch long by II quarter of IN inch
in diameter, pointed ut the upper end,
rounded ut the base, light brown in gencr-
al color, and handsomely dotted will,
purple, like birds eggs. The shells are
thin, and may be crushed between the
thumb and finger, The kernels arc white
and waxy looking, becoming brown by
roasting, sweet and delicious to every
palate, and are eaten by birds, squirrels
dogs. horses and men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

Yankee in n Hoosier Land" out in
Indiana, in the course of very kind letter
1T hand this week, has word to say to
employers. suggested by Ciuseur's advice
to young men who want to get ahead.
| lie says:
Give boy credit for what he does
right. and he will work for your interests
Wnen left school | went into store, and
one of my employers, who hal learned the
business in the same store before me, was
right after the boys if they did wrong; but
| never did anything right without getting
credit for ii, and his words of commenda-
ton inspired me to do more and better
My health being poor, left the store for
an outside business, and there | tried to do
my best; bat for years it seemed rs if
could do nothing right, and | was contin-
ually found fault with. Consequently,
lost my interest and did not do half that |
might. Since | have had men under me
my own experience keeps coming to my
mind, and | have tried to have all pa
tience possible with them and to say a
word of encouragement when they do
right. find it works well, and believe
my men like to work for me.n
No doubt of it. The fact is, while it is
the right and duty of an employer to com
plain when he is not well served, it is
equally his duty to acknowledge faithful
service. and the man who fails in this is
not only unjust, but impolite. The aver
age boy is manly, and wants to be treated
man-fashion. He only asks justice, and he
knows when he fails to get it. Indeed, no
one has n keener appreciation of justice,
or smats more keenly under injustice
than boy, The employer who treats his
boys fairly and honorably will be repaid
tenfold in faithful service. If boy prove
trustworthy, trust him, not grudgingly,
but openly and heartily. More than one
boy that Couseur could name has gone to
the bad because, when he was honestly
trying to do his best, he was constantly
watched and doubted. Per contra, he re-
members one in particular who refused to
leave his employer, even when superior
pecuniary inducements were held out,
giving rs his reason that he had been
trusted TO do his work without being
watched, and that he hfd faith to believe
that the time would come when Mr.. -
would be in Il position to do better by him.
And it did. If that boy " were to draw
his check for $4,000 to-day, any bank in
Boston would honor it at sight. -Trans-
Cript.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
Fanny.

Some slandcrcr asserts that paper
makers are the great magicians of the
day, inasmueh as they transform beggars
rags into sheets for editors to lie on.
He was twilted of his badness, and re.
torted sharply: "Well, there are two
things you never saw in this world-a
red-head4d niger or Il bald-headed fool
a soldier excused himself for the steal.
ing of IL liquor ration, by saying: " You
see, both rationS were in one bottle; mine
in the bottom, and so had TO drink of
his to get ut mine"
81 tell you, Susan, that | will commit
suicide if you won't have me- Well
Thomas, as soon as you give me that proof
of your affection, will believe that you
love me"
A ltdy asked j"dge what she would
say in court if she was asked her age The
blunt jurst replied: "Say, madam, what
| believe would be the truth, that you are
not yet come to the years of discretion y
The relationship of II Nan and woman
can easily be discovered in rainy weather.
If they are lovers the woman will have
all the umbrella, and the man won't care
how wet he gets. But if they are mar
ried, it is Just the opposite. Marriage
makes the difference, that is all.
Mrs. Parlington, in illustration of the
proverb. "A soft answer turneth away
WRATH" says that it is better to speak
paregorically of person than to be all
the time ilinging opitaphs at him."
Papa" said a bright little boy who
had just come home from sleight of
hand entertainments: 81 wish [ was a
conjuror." "Why, my SOM" Il would
turn you into Il rat, call up the cat, and
wouldn't | have fun?"
The reputation that man gifts from his
ansesters often wants as much altering to
fit him as thare old clothes would 1t is
truly thus.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

PuSs AND THE FoXEs.-A pair of Young
foxes were once caught and given to an
old cat who had a family of kittens. Puss
cared tenderly for the orphans. and
brought them up with her kittens. But
when pretty well grown they began to
show their fox nature. First they would
not let the cat family play with live
mouse or squirrel-as cats do-but they
would snatch it away and eat it ut once.
Then they began to kill chickens, and had
TO he put in pen too high for them to get
out of. Every day puss would Jump in
and feed them, and the kittens would Of
ten pay them n visit. But the foxes dug 4
hole under the pen, and got out, and killed
some turkeys. Then they were chained
up, and puss began TO look sideways at
them. She would feed them, but if they
began to act naughty she would give them
smart box on the ear. This is true.
Hot WATER RIvER.-Did 20 ever hear
OF river with water so hot thai you
couldn't bear II hand in it, and that sent
up clouds of steam as it rolled along?
Wen, l have. 1t is in Sonth America,
and runs from some very hot springs,
where the water stands ut one hundred
and ninety-siX degrees Fahrenheit. You
can see how hot that is with "A kettle of
water and thermometer) Perhaps you
would expect TO find plants and weeds all
dead along that stream, but. on the con-
trary, they are extremely luxuriant, even
growing in the steaming water. There S
Il hint for some of you who have plants.
"MAMIA."-Therc's another odd thing
in that strange country of hot rivers, and
that is among the Indians speaking the
Quichua language. Their name for
mother is Mamma, and travellers who
haven't heard word of English for
months arc much amazed to hear the
Indian babies call Mamma" Just like
babies at home.-Ne,0 JerUsalcnl MeSSen-
ger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE.
"A very amusing way of presenting
small gifts mt II Christmas supper is to
have Il large basket Of bundles neatly
folded in numerous white papers and tied
up, and placed in a basket upon the par
lor table when the company return from
supper.
The basket is then handed arounl, and
each person takes the package directed 20
him or herself, and speedily undoes the
wrapping; but finds, in great surprise,
another paper parcel, directed to another
guest, and so hands it at once to its owner.
And in this way all the guests change
packages.
Again they are opened, and behold.
another paper parcel, well tied up, and
another name appears. And so the eX-
change goes on, until AT last, each person
finds some pretty little article for him OF
herself, after the manifold wrappings have
been torn off.
1t makes great deal of fun for all con-
cerned, aud the gifts need not be costly, as
few little trilles will be very productive
of mirth and jollity.-ERrich'S.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

A collision between steamship and
gigantic fish, which took place the other
day in the vicinity of the Tong Tong
Islands, is reported by the Times of India.
Tie Messageries Maritimes steamer Ana-
dyr. on its voyage to Shanghai, was sud-
denly brought to stop by II violent shock.
The cause of the collision was found to be
an enormous ray, or flat fish, estimated by
those on board to weigh from eight to ten
thousand pounds. The monster was lying
asleep on the top of the water when its
repose was rudely disturbed by a " dig in
the ribs from the stem of the steamer.
After the first alarm had subsided, efforts
were made to haul the creature on board,
but, owing to its unwieldiness, all attempts
in this direction proved frutless, and the
fish, doubtless even more " shaken than
the passengers on the boat, was reluctantly
allowed to move off and seek such remedies
for the injury it had sustained as are to be
procured in the mysterious deep.-Pdti
| MdE Gazette,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

WHAT KILLs.-In the school rs in the
world, far more rust out than wear out.
Study is more tedious and wearisomc to
those who study least. Drones always
have the toughest time. Grumblers make
poor scholars, and their lessons are always
/" hard and too long" The time and
thought expended in Sinking would be
ample to master their tasks. Sloth, gor-
mandzing and worry kill their thousands
where overstudy harms one. The curse
of Heaven rests on laziness and gluttony.
BY the very constitution of our being they
are fitted to beget that torpor and despond-
ency which chill the blood, deaden the
nerves, enfeeble the muscles, and derange
the whole vital machinery, Fretting,
iidgeting, ennui and anxiety are among
the most common causes of disease. On
the other hand, high aspiration and enthu-
siasm help digestion and respiration, and
send an increased supply of vital energy
10 all parts of the body. Courage and
work invigorate the whole system, and lift
one into Il puror atmosphere, above the
reach of contagion. The lazy groan most
over their " arduous duties" while earn.
est workers talk little about the ex-
hausting labors of their profession OF all
creatures, the sloth would seem the most
worried and worn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

New PRovERBIAL PHILosoPHY--A
short horse is soon curried, but mule,
short or long, will kick you into the next
township.
A wise man reflects before he speaks; u
fool speaks, and then reflects while his eye
is getting well.
Who hath cold hath sorrow 10 his
sops, especially if his handkerchief hath
starch in it.
Who wants to beat dog soon finds
stick, but already has the dog shot around
the next corner, yelling "ki-kir'
What cannot be cured must be endured
but first try Jones' Magic Liniment.s
Trust not horses heel, nor dogs
tooth, neither man who says he'll pay
you Saturday.
The fool never thinks higher than the
top of his house, and penneth the festive
joke at the expense of the lightning rod
agent. -...-
Rather so to bed suppcrless than rise in
debt, now that the bankrupt law has
expired.
A spendthrift lets go the bride. grabs
his steed by the name and yells, Whoa
Emma"-OI City Derrick,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

NEVER-Never fail to offer the easiest
and best scat in the room to an invalid, an
elderly person or lady.
Never be guilty Of the contemplate
meanness of opening Il private letter ad-
dressed to another.
without slight bow to the general COM
pany when first going in,
Never accent lavors or hospitalties
without rendering an exchange of civili-
ties when opportunity offers.
Never write 10 another asking for infor-
nation or Il favor of any kind, without iu-
closing postage stamp for tine repy.
Never ftil to say kind and encourag
ing word to those whom you meet in dis
tre,s. Your kindness may lift them out
of their despair.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
wuEREARE THE WICKED BuRIgpe

" Tell me, gray-haired man" said,
Where in this field are the wicked folks aid:p
have wandered the quiet old church yard lhro'
And studied the cpitaphs, old and new,
But on monument, on obelisk, pillar Or stone,
read Of no evil that men have dIne."
The old sexton stood by grave newly made,
With his hand on his chm,and leaned on his spade
knew by he CLEAN Of his eloquent eye,
Ills heart was nstructing his lips TO reply.
"WhO is to ju lge when the soul takes Its hight?
Who is to judge 'twiXt the wrong and the right?
Which of us mortas shall dare TO say
That our neighbor was wicked who died to-day?
In our journey through life, the farther we speed
The better we learn that humany'5 need
Is charity's spirit which prompts us to find
Rather virtue than vice in the lives OF our kind.
" Therefore good deeds we record on thesa stone ;
The evil men do, let it lie with their bones,
have labOreI as sexton for many year.
But never have buried a bad man here"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

A GIRLS COMPOSITION ON BOYS. Boys
is strange things. Boys is Of three kinds
The baby boy, the little boy, and the big
boy. don't like the baby boy, because
he squalls and kicks, and | have to rock
him with cradle. Bat if the big boy
squalls or kicks, | can rock him with
stones. ! like the little boy the best when
it SHOWS cause he can haul me on his sled.
\ boy is II little man, if he behaves him
self aud if lie doesn't he's little devil !;
that is what mother said brother Bob was
the other day when he told old Mis- Smith
that mother said she was an old bore. My
papa said he was little boy once, but
mother said that she wasn'tand she wishes
papa was little boy some more. Sister
Julia says she don't like boys, and when |
saw her and Tom Brown sitting in the
rocking chair on Sunday night, she said
she was trying 10 squeeze the life out of
him cause she didn't like him; but
don't think she was hurting any place,
for he wouldn't let her get up. This is all
/ know about boys, and mother says she
hopes | won'tnever know any more about
them
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

THE HUMAN RACE.-A slatistican III
England, in studying Il generation of Il
million of people from birth TO death,
finds that one-fourth Of them die before
they reach five years; less than one-twen-
ty-eighth between five and ten years; in
the next five years the mortality is lower
than at any other period; in the next five
years an increase, especially among
women-the influence of dangerous occu-
pations begins to be seen in the death-r rate
Eight times rs many men us women die
violent deaths. This is pcrceptible for
twenty years. Consumption is prevalent,
and accounts for one half of the deaths
from twenty to forty-ive. From thirty
five to forty five the effect Of the wear and
tear of the system are seen. At forty-five
the million is lessened to four hundred and
twenty-one thousand one hundred and iif'
teen-death- increasing rapidly. About
one-sixth of the million is left at seventy
five, at eighty-five only thirty. eight thou
sand five hundred and sixty-fve are left,
and at one hundred two hundred and two
are left. At iifty-three, men and women
surviving are about equal in number, and
from fify-fve and outward the women ex-
ceed the men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18


CHAPLAIN LfrrLE'.-Dear Chaplain Joe
Little where are you? 1t is years since |
met you, filled as you were with phllan-
throplc schemes Tor educating the poor
whites OF the south. There may be men
more capable OF carrying through rrac-
ticable enterprise. but there never was II
more enthusiastic, unsel!ish and hardy
spllt. college, theological seminary
ana musical academy graduated Chap-
laln L'ttle' but not altogether could take
the FRESHNESS ana The oddlty OF his genius
out OF NM Wnen spiritual adviser u
regiment OF Wlld Nlrglnlans' he tod them
stories sang them 1unny. songs, adopted
their dialect and won their open hearts by
manly Peh-heafIedhtss. NLeh Mosby
captured Little 1t was IN an uniucky tlmG.
orders haa been issued on tne Federal
Sloe' ny ueneraI rope l belleVe' that
busnwhackers should nave no quarter, ana
Mospy prepared TO retaiiate by shooting
prisoners.
1t looked pretty solemn" sad the
chaplain' when they cast lots 10 see VINO
should inherit my horse.
But he TOOK his little nondescrlrt mar
monIun, and began to sing Tor dear ilfe
All tlle droll songs mat were ever invent
ed, TINS doomed captive sang to The bush
whackers there IN the mountains. -,
i think ought to shoot YOU SAID
Mosoy at length. y fellow that keeps
up mems sprlts rs you 40 Is 100 valuable
10 the ankees LOT me TO let on.
But let him oil he dld. Nobody could
shoot such combination OF goodness and
drollery as Chaplain Little.