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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

PROVERBS FROM THE TALMuD- The
ass complains of the cold even in July. a
single light answers as well for Il hundred
men as for one Teach thy tongue to say,
. do not know Thy friend has friend
and thy friends friend has Il friend; be
discreet. Deal with those who are fortu-
nate. The doctor who prescribes gratuit-
ously gives worthless prescription, If
II word spoken in its time is worth one
piece of money, silence in its time is worth
two. The soldiers fight, and the kings are
heroes. Make but one sale, and thou art
called merchant. If the fox is a king,
bow before him. The rivalry of scholars
advances science, 'rhe world is saved by
the breath of school children. Even to
rebuild the temple the schools must not be
closed. Blessed is the son who has studi-
ed with his father, and blessed the father
who has instructed his son, Rabbah said:
" Men should be careful lest they cause
women to weep. for God counts their
tears In eases of charity, where. both
women and men claim relief, the latter
should be first assisted; if there should
not he enough for both, the men should
cheerfully relinquish their claims. Rab
bah said; When one stands at the iudg-
ment seat of God. these questions are
asked: Hast thou been honest in all
thy dealings? Hast thou set aside por-
ton of thy time for the stndy of the Law?
Has thou observed the first commandment?
Hast thou in trouble still hoped and be-
lieved in Godo Hast thou spoken wise
lvo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

CALCULATION.-T is II way of work
which involves the maximum and another
which involves the minimum of wear and
tear. A slender woman who did the dairy
work of Il large farm, without n hired
girl" and brought up her children, used
to say she did her work by calculation"
With all the labor-saying appliances of
modern invention, we shall never find any
thing to take the place of calculation as
AN economi2er of human energies. CaIcu-
lation of the readiest processes, of the
nearest handles by which to grasp things,
of taking hold and of letting 90, is the
first lesson Of economy. The substitution
Of rule for random, and of habit for no.
habit, must be the tendency of all activity.
rhe science of organization is the sum of
all science in doing things. Whether it
is II civil service 10 be made pure and
effective, II dry-goods store to be kept, n
household TO be ovGrseen, Or II railroad to
be built, the controlling mind must pro-
forces, TO secure the best results. Nothing
is more ptiful in these days of insolvency
Than to see the numerous instances of
hard working men whose business has
completely overgrown their capacity to
manage. They have toiled along in the
vague expectation they were getting rich,
they have daily taken their coats eff, per-
haps, and laboriously mingled with their
employees, looking after details which a
thousanddollar clerk might attend to, but
neglecting the questions of far-sighted
management, of the counting room and
of the bank account, perhaps keeping
everything in their heads till finally
some day their notes 60 to protest and the
great concern fails.-Spring6cld Republi-
CnM.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

For the next four days Jimmie went to
the post Office about every two hours,
"Expectin' Il love-letter?' said old Mr..
Ialloway, the postmaster. At this all the
oarers who were sitting On the counter
laughed loudly. Jim made up his mind
that Mr.. lIalloway was very unpleasant
old gentleman, and vowed all sorts of
threats against him. His revengtul plans
melted away, however, when Mr.. Halo
way handed him a big envelope, and said
" Here, Bub, yer letters come"
Jim tore it open, and six photographs
dropped out all alike, all representing
Baby eating under Il tree. He privately
showed one to her that afternoon She
evidently thought it very handsome, for
she delicateIy chewod it up out Of Jims
hand, to his great amazenent. He says
nothing about this when telling how the
pony's picture was taken. 81. Nicholas.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

"a WALL, o LORD, AROUND US BUILD"
1T was n dreary November evening in
the year 1880, the same year in which the
brave and pious king of Sweedn, Gusta-
vus Adolphus, had landed on the German
coast, to help his brethren in the new
faith, the German Protestants, to defend
themselves against the Catholic legions,
when, under their leader, the cruel and
heartless lilly, the destroyer Of Madge-
burg, had pressed them hard and threaten
ed to overwhelm them. Twelve long years
already had this fearful religious war
ragged throughout Germany. The soil was
soaked with the blood Of the slain: the
fields devastated. the towns depopulated ;
and the whole country sighed and moaned
under the burdens of war. The chronicles
of those times are filled with the sad sto-
ries of atrocities and barbarities commit
ted by the armies on both sides against the
unfortunate inhabitants wherever those
armies passed they left desert behind
On this November Rvening, there sat an
old woman in u fsgmhouse on the out
skirts of Saxon Village. Her son, a
young man of about twenty years, had
Just brought home the news of rumor
that had spread in the village, that de-
taehment of the much feared Spanish
troops was approaching, and would prob
ably pass through the village during the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

AS a railway train was about leaving
the station, Il man of the JohnsOnian type
of manners entered one of the carriages,
and gruilly requested that two Young
ladies occupying separate seats should sit
together, that he and his friend might en-
Joy tete-a-tete on the other seat. " But"
said one of the damsels, blushing, this
seat is engaged" Engaged, is it?"
brusquelv responded the man, "who en-
gagged it?' "A young man," said the con-
scious maiden. "A young man, eh!
where's his baggageP' I'm his bag
gage, Old Hateful, replied the demurc
damsel, putting her rosy lips into the
prettiest pout, Old Hateful subsidized, the
young man came in, extended his arm
protectingly, almost caressingly, around
his baggage, who was his wife, and the
train was started.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

l have, from boyhood, had II great love
of Vermont scenery; mountains covered
with forests; valleys full of rich verdure,
by the side of winding streams, into
which empty mountain brooks; little viii
lagos with tail, white church-spires; cattle
grazing; sheep dotting the hIlsides; old
house-dogs lying on the grass in front of
the flrm-houses. Quaint old Isaac Wal
ton wrote Doubtless God might have
made better berry than the strawberry,
but doubles He never did" think, so
far us my experience goes, it might be as
truly said,-doubtle God might have
made more beautiful state than Vcr-
mont, but doubtless He neUer did. -Geo.T T.
Angeli, in " our Dumb A9in1GlS."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

At the renting of pews in u Chicago
church the other evening there was hot
competition for pew No. 8, and the bids
run up to large sum. 1t was finally
knocked down to Brother B. Why were
you so anxious to get that particular seatP'
he was asked by Brother G. " WhyP Be-
cause it was next to Brother Ms" he re-
piled. " Well, what Of that?" returned
the other. why" replied Brother B.,
MS as bald as n jug, and he draws the
flies from everybody around him. made
up my mind 10 get pew near him this
year, for if there's anything | hate its to
be pestered with flies when l m-when I'm
listening to u good sermon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

Small holes in white walls can be
easily repaired without sending for n ma
son Equal parts of plaster of Paris and
white slnd such as is used in most fam
lilies for securing purposes-mixed with
water to u paste, applied Immediately and
smoothed with knife or a fat piece Of
wood, will make the broken place las
good rs new" The mixture hardens
quickly, so it is best to prepare but y
small qnautity ut II time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

lie was wild Texan, just from the
frontier and Lad boarded the train ut
Fort Worth. 1t was his first ride on the
'' kers, and AS the conductor reached in
his hip pocket for his punch, the sharp eye
of Texas caught Il glimpse of ITS polished
h,ndIc. and quick as thought he evelled n
navy six on that conductor, saying, Put
or up or Il blow daylight through you!
No man can get the drop on mo,'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

Stanley, the African explorer, is recoiv-
ing marked honors on his journey to Eng
land, in the way of banquets, decorations.
etc. The khedive of Egypt has presented
him with the decoration OF grand officer
Of the Medjidie.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-16

y T1'I VEVW u IVTT@ oTEW'
. Will it be good, do you think?n he
asked, anxiously.
mot doubt of it, said Mr.. Leatherbee
in such IL cheerful tone that Jim immedi-
ately made up his mind that the pony
should have AN extra quart of oats all
winter for her fine behavior. He expected
the picture would be done right away, but
Mr.. Leatherbee said he would have to
send the plates to Poughkeepsie to his
partner and tho pictures would come soon
by the mail Mr.. Leatherbee then put all
his apparatus in his wagon again, and
logged on as he had come.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25

ton against the debtor and gain to the
creditor. We have no doubts whatever
that the business of the country once es-
tabllshed upon coin basis, and the
money of the country once brought sub
stantially to coin circulation, with a
medium of exchange between commercial
centers which would avoid the trouble and
inconvenience of carrying coin in bulk from
place to place. would be healthier and
safer condition than any scheme of paper
currency, but the question is how and
when to get down to specie basis. The
merciless destruction of the debtor class
would certainly follow sharp and sudden
restoration. The people neither could nor
would be able to undergo the strain.
Prospectivey return to specie
has wrought what every one
calls a near approach to bankruptcy,
and without the relief which remonetiza-
ton OF silver affords would have been be-
fore the first of January next universal
bankruptcy In TACT. Sound policy and a
proper regard for the debtor class still
require the repeal of the resumption act.
When the natural course of events, and
the gradual liquidation of indebtedness,
and mode of living in accordance with
the changed condition of affairs have
brought the country back to sound and
paying condition, resumption will occur of
itself and will need no legislative enact
ment to produce it. The natural laws of
trade, of produce and consumption, of
equilibrium in money centers are more
potent than any other laws, and legislation
which conflicts with these principles, or
which attempts to enforce unnatural and
arbitrary regulations, is unwise 10 policy
and powerless to do good.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
Congress and the Fall Elections.

What Congress may do or leave undone
10 the next sixty days is all important to
the future of political parties. AS mat
ter of fact there is very little beyond the
passage of the appropriation bills and the
repeal of the resumption act that needs
must be done. if Congress pursues its
usual course of ignoring this District and
caring nothing for the rights of private
claimants. True. there is the tariff bill;
but 1t IS doubtful if the time spent on il
would not, after all, be wasted. But be-
side the subjects we have mentioned there
is nothing for which the country cannot
wait another year with benefit to the party.
There are, however, several things press
ed on the attention of members by outside
interested parties which Congress would
do we'll to steer clear of, and among these
are some notorious Jobs. Several of these
have been reported from complaisant COM
mlttees. among them some from the Com
mlttee on Claims and others from the
Railroad and Canal Committees, During
the week past the Pacific Railroad Commit.
tee, tor example, has reported bill to ena-
bic the Northern Pacific to keep its lands
intact for ten years longer; aud then to
settle quarrel between the Kansas Paci
nc and the Union Pacific companies, which
they ought to settle without the interyen-
ton OF Congress; another to compel the
Pacific roads to pay up their Indebtedness
IN advance, which will probably be set aside
by the courts, all of which may be left
where they are without any great detriment
to the country or the party.
Among the measures to be avoided, like
a contagion, the chief is the forty million
subsidy Texas and Pacific bill, which has
been placed on the Calender, and by some
1t Is thought that its friends have become
so we'll satisfied of the hopelessness OF it's
Concluded on next page,)
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
Florida Brands.

The news now comes that the rascaIs
who committed the necessary frauds in
Florida to secure the electoral vote of that
state for Hayes have made clean con :
tesslon of their rascality, aud the confession
has been forwarded to Washington.
Whether this be so or not, in the minds of
large majority OF the people of this coun-
try there has always been a strong sus-
picion, If not settled belief, that it was
only by premeditated fraud Florida was
manipulated and turned over to'the Hayes
side. Little by little the evidence accum-
ulates that both Louisiana and Florida
should have been counted for Tilden, that
they were really and honestly carried by
the democrats, aud that it was only by
conspiracy, premeditated fraud, and actual
perjury and consummate villainy that the
electoral votes of those states were Sc
cured and counted for Hayes. 1t may be
the facts of the case will never be entirely
known to the public, it may be that out
rage, injustice, usurpation and fraud may
be successful so far as to keep darby con-
cealed the real perpetrators of the crimes
and that Hayes will be suffered to fill hi
term Of Office without official investigation
and inquiry; but for all that, the effort
which are constantly made to conceal tn,
real state of the case, and the evidenc,
which occasionally crops out and become.
public, only serve to more indelibly impress,
upon public opinion the conviction of ,
criminal conspiracy and gross outrage
upon the rights of the people.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
Repeal the Resumption Act, and let
Resumption come Of itself.

Repeal the Resumption Act, and lei
Resumption come Of itself.
One OF the many ways in which people
are deceived is in mistaking the effect fol
the cause. An apt illustration of this NAV
be touDd.i in the arguments which are fire..
quently employed in regard to financia
questions. The advocates of specie re
sumption upon gold basis have over and
again represented that the reconciliation
OF silver and the repeal Of the date OF
resumption would produce imitation and
Insecurity in money affairs and finally end
In national bankruptcy and universal ruin.
1t would be much more truthful to allepe
that the locking up of large amount of
the capital of the country in bonds, the
contraction Of the volume of currency nv
the retirement and cancellation or green
packs, and the shrinkage of values conse.
quent upon the threatened reduction to q
gold basis has produced the we'll niob
universal bankruptcy and the general de-
preston and stagnation of commercial and
productive agencies, than to claim this as
1he result OF initiation or expansion. or Az
tue probable result of future initiation,
whenever the circulation of money is
ABUNDANT and capital is seeking investment
IN business instead of being retired and
hosrued there is no complaint of hard
umes' But if at any time large proper.
ZION OF the money of the country can be
"lthurawn from active circulation the effect
VI Inc contraction Is a stringency in the
money market. The same effect is
observable if the medium of circn.
lAtlon depreeiates in value. The first
decided indication of hard times hogan
TO be manifest, in the present crisis
When the government decided IN foroa
resumption at fixed date upon a cold
basis. The result ought to have beer
easily toreseen. Any business done upon
a certain basis, if the basis be d;u;n;sba "a
10 any sensible amount to that same exton.
II becomes more difficult to continue nm
Inc Indebtedness Of the country was Great
W on the greenback basis; the sum of
Tue Indebtedness remains fixed and deter
~ineu' out the money In which it was tn he
p"iu was suddenly changed from the
Sue3per 10 the scarcest and dearest or.;ola. :
JUST mat extent it was special legisla-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
And stin They are not Happv.


The New Orleans Custom House is the
grand asylum, the Home Sweet Home,
into which the republican politicians Of
Louisiana all appear anxious to enter, and
be at rest Packard and Anderson, in
particular, have beseiged the President
with commendable assiduity for the az.
pointment, and have bowed hot and
blowed cold alternately as their prospects
frightened or dimmed. With especial
pertinacity they have urged the politician &
plea of valuable services rendered, and
have attempted to impress upon the cold
and selfish nature of the President some
little sense of recognition for services ren-
dered
But the latest intelligence from that
quarter indicates that Hayes has no such
lively feelings of gratitude as to embarass
himself with their demands, but has coolly
abandoned his trusty servitors and selected
another person as the beneficiary of his
gifts. This time it is to be Geo. L. Smith.
What extraordinary services this particular
member of the Smith family has rendered
to the President, or to the cause of repub-
llcans in Louisiana, to entitle him to this
distinctive regard of Mr.. Hayes is not
yet apparent to the people generally. but
no doubt in due time will be made known.
Meanwhile it is safe to say the rule Of
contrarieties is the one by which Hayes is
best judged. If anything different and
unlike what sagacious and prudent man
would be likely to do can be conceived, such
a course may reasonably be deemed the
one which Hayes would be likely topursue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
Mo More Fractional.

Ben Buffers bids for popularity are not
proving very effective. Ben. wanted to
make himself popular with the Hibernian
Cells of the country and do little cheap
advertising, so, instead of helping Gen.
Shields in the way he was requested, he
tried the artful dodge of nominating him
for doorkeeper Of the house--the dodge
did not win after all Ben has, tried again
this time he was going to do the people
avery special lasting favor, he wanted a
bill passed for the reissue Of fractional
currency. Fortunately the good sense OF
majority in the house sat down on Ben's
bill and squelched it The circulation Of
silver is performing the work of fractional
currency, and Butler will now have to try
something else.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
ChaTIcery Notice.

STATE OF ILIIryoIs
Rock ISLAND csouNry, fss
In Chancery.
sarah Johnson vs. Dapford Johpson William Fin.
ley and Marshal j. Davis. -
10 me above. named defendants, Danford John.
son, and VIM am Finley.
Amaavit OF your non.residence having been FLED
III tne once OF the clerk of said court rotfce IA
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compl amt if you see ft. -
Rock Island, Ills. March 18th. 1878.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
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symptoms of which are moisture, like per-
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
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