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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

SUPpLANTING.-Who ever saw the last
Pickering of the spark of life, or heard the
sound of the handful of dust, cast down
into the grave, who did not wish from his
heart that the evil word had never been
spoken, the evil thought never entertained,
the evil deed never done, the evil never
repaid with evil that the intercourse of
life had been carried on in love, and the
dealings Of the world sweetened all along
by mutual forbearance and gentleness?
Who doth not wish it, long for it? Alas.
we cannot pray for it; for even prayer
avails not to undo the past But who
would then forego I'LL he ever gained, if he
might be again us he was in the days of
his youth, whenever he thinks of some I'M
gentle, unkind unforgiying, unGuiful, UNI
seemly act of later life.
If over the grave of an Isaac, or an
Esau such thoughts have arisen in the
heart of one who hath been what Jacob
was to them, let him remember, that to
supplant or deceive is bitter root, and
must trouble II man all his after days.
But to forgive and be forgiven is II bless
cdness that can be attained only,while life
lasts, while hand can clasp hand, and eye
beam on eye and words of Kindness be in
terchangcd. The grave closeth, stillttl
all in silence never to be broken, save in
empty dreams and idle wishes poured
forth ever afterward in vain. Therefore
let us take heed betimes, while kind and
pleasant Offices can still be exchanged, and
life and its varied interest continue, that
we may call forth the hearts best atIec.
tons, that we may kindIe zeal and feryol
in our soul towards our fellow-mcn; for Il
day of gloom succeedeth in which there is
no longer space for these dispositions tc
gruw-ROJcrtsoB.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

Wings grow upon the ant, only to help him die;
and pride avaiIs the base, only to perish by.
If there is no apple there, what is the use of shak
ing?
The sleeper may be roused the dead there's no
awaking.
Ist praise to say the sword Is sharper than the
spade?
The man whom you compare with coxcombs you
degrade.
This is the way we do; our sugar has been STOLE
And straight we go and put Il lock upon The coal
All armed with spear and shield to sleep thou ost
betake thee;
And ling'st them both away when enemies awake
thee.
The little pepper.grain seems nothing in thy sight;
But try it once and see how sharply it can bltel
No fire gets on where mar and wife forever pout;
Quick as one blows it up, the other blows it out.
The ninny a whole coin and halfa one has got,
And each of them he bos in an especial pot.
Nine days a new thing lasts, and then is no more
new;
AhO Ohi Il hNh"l V-YCuTfb anu mas grown OlucIjtOU
Help others, would you help yourselves; so orders
heaven.
Only when sdeby side do one and one make eleven.
" Only three guests were bid, and thirteen crowd
the hall"
Pour water in the soup, and bid them welcome all.
A kick from mch.cow one does not mind, if so
In Ic,, Il I,, ,Ia1
a captivating face is balm for aiing eyes,
When the good looking one is goodlookng likewise.
The rose laughs in the dew, aud thinks not of the
tears
OF rose-watCr she III shed when the hot appars.
From the German Of Ruckert.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

How He DIDN'T KNOW IT AlL-He
was practical but rather pedantic sort of
II man, and said he did not believe Ian
guage was made to conceal thought. More
than this, he did not believe that the die
tionary was work made to use, and that
every man should be familiar with its
minutest contents.
But" said the student, "that would
be impossible for any man."
Nonsensen' exclaimed the practical
man. "why, there are few words that
could be mentioned that | wouldn't be
perfectly at home with"
II should like to give you u few exam
pies replied The student. 81 believe
could commence with the beginning OF
Webster and stump you before we got
through the AS"
go on with your sample AS" de.
manded the selfconlident one, land then
tackle the BIS and run on to the Z's.'
"Fll try" said the student, calmly, "by
first giving you few sentences in A"
And squaring off for the work, the stu.
dent asked the practical man to please
bear in mind and translate, when he had
done, the few sample sentences following
Approach, adorerS at Alliteraton's
altar. Assemble abdals and abderiar
adopts, and analyze an ambigatory anC
amphibiological allocution. Accept, as
IN apparently acataleptic and absonous
arrangement, an alliterative aggregation
acually anagogetical. AS an acephalist
ahHre nll adsctitious arts and ADVENT
tious aids us adlilitious; and ardently
advance. Ablepsy and audacity are alike
anatrepic and adiapeorus, rs adjuvantS
and anamnestic ambitions ut abstring-
ing and ablequeating all abstruse anfrac
tuoSites and anagogics, us all adopts are
aware. Avoid anastrophes rs anacolurthiC
and anisomeric; and abandoning abdito
rleS, advance against apparently anti
phraslical anagraphs. Apply appome
cometry, and arrive at an apodeicitca
anagnorisis and accept an authors nc
acknowledgements.
"Thereln demanded the student
" translate that, and I'll commence
/ with the BIS and run on to the Zsr
But the practical man, who was so init
mate with his own language, had fed
Chicago Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

A DISCOURSE ON MENDING.-If any one
could only throw aside all the old clothes
WORKOUT hose, threadbare coats, latter
ed pantaloons, dilapidated hats, leaky
shoes, and shabby dresses-and be arrayed
in new apparel, fresh and clean! 1t is so
tiresome to darn stockings, to freshen
coats with clothes brush and ammonia
water, with new binding and buttons, TO
patch knees that wear right through again,
to furnish hats fit only for the flames, to
turn dresses upside down and put two or
three together into one, us the present
fashion permits, and with little or no out
lay of money but with vast deal of time
and contrivance and labor, "to make q re-
spectacle appearance But times arc
hard, business is dull, money is tight, and
those who cannot buy new clothes must
make over the old. 1t is great help if,
every week, or as fast rs repairs are need
ed, they have been made; if the stitch that
saves nine has been taken in time; if the
needed darn has delayed the patch if the
loose button has been fastened on, but woe
to the poor wretch who has incontinently
let things go;' her task is II hard one
indeed, when she tries to catch up will
her work.
How pleasant it would be to change
worn out bodies for new ones, to have {
fresh set of nerves, IN entirely new set o
muscles, another skin, II heart without ;
flaw in it, perfect lungs, sound vision
hcalthful appetites; to let the old yea
bear away with it intirmity and disease
and pain, and leave every one in the full
strength of ripe manhood and womanhood
But if every night sleep "knits up tn,
raveled sleeve Of care" if every day til,
waste of muscle and of nerve is made GOO
with nutritious food, if sunlight and al
and water do their part in renewing tn
wasted tissues, and to-morroW's supply o
strength is not exhausted by to-day's labor
all will have been done that can be don
to mend the fleshy vestments. Pleaantes
of all would it be on the New Years dawn
Ing to feel that all bad habits are removed
to awake with characters bright an
strong and lovely; to awake not to be irri
table any more, or Incorporate, or unchar
table, or gloomy, or selfish. Hence, her
more than anywhere else, there is chanc
for mending. This is good time to lool
over ones self and to change, if need be
the thread Of his life. Resolutions an,
VOWS are of little avail, but actions tell
lie who leaves off bad habit and begin.
TO form II good one, ceases to do evil anG
learns to do WE'LL begins the process o
mcndng Bodily garments get past mend
ing, bodies themselves wear out and die
but in character " l. is newer ion late II
mend
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

A NEW CEuENT.-A new and reliable
cement for broken glass vessels Of all
kinds, and for the manufacture of water
proof cloth and paper impenetrable to
moisture, has been given TO the public 1t
is known us chromium glue, and is It con-
centrated solution of gelatine, to which has
been added one part of chrom,te Of lime in
solution for every five parts Of gelatine
This mixture has the property ON expo
sure to light, Of becoming insoluble in
water, Il result due to the partial reduction
of the chronic acid TO II lower degree of
oxidation. To apply it, the surfaces of the
vessels to be mcnded are cooked as uni
formly as possible in the freshly prepared
glue, and are then pressed firmly together
and held in this position by means of
thread The vessel is then exposed to the
light for several hours, at the expiration
of which time the operation is complete
Boiling water does not cause the article
treated in this way to separate, having, in
fact, no effect upon the new combination.
To render cloth water proof, the fabric is
stretched upon II frame, and immersed two
or three times in the preparation, and then
exposed to the sun. Damp proof paper is
prepared by simply brushing over the sur.
face with n thin solution of the chromium
glue.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

The sentiment of envy OF jealousy with
respect to the attachments or accomplish.
ments of others, is as needless as it is hate
full. If any man has his mind on doing
good, the amount of good waiting to be
done in the world is so great and the
amount of evil waiting to be removed out
of the world, that he can never have any
occasion to fear that any other person will
perform the whole work and leave nothing
for him. Contrarywise, right minded men
must welcome every helper, and rejoice in
the courage and vigor Of every ally that
many enter the field. And the man, with.
al, who finds himself disturbed at any ac.
complishment of good by any other person,
may be sure that there is ut least one work
of good very necessary to be wrought, and
open peculiarly to himself and the whole
glory of which he may have for his own,
and that is the removing of this odous and
disturbing disposition quickly and out OF
his own heart, CongregationaliSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

CRUELTY FROM CHILDREN.-In my
judgment, nothing too severe can be sale
about that large and ill-advised class o.
persons who permit their boys to harass
travellers on The highways and byways
with that invention of the arch-fend
known us II velocipede. You are hardly
more alarmed by the Suddcnness of the
attack than by the uncertainty of its direc-
ton. You are startled out of your wonled
repose of manner by the enemy dashing
round corner; You hastily take refuge in
II puddle to avoid an attack in the rear,
and perhaps run part way up the steps of
strange houses to save yourself from the
combined charge of three racing abreast
down the sidewalk.
have about given up going to matnees
on account of the immense amount of
schoolgirl gabblc to which | am COM
PEELED to listen, instead of the entertain
ment for which purchased my ticket. If
the gabble should stop. it is only to be
superseded by munching candy and sup
pressed giggling. If girls must 90 through
the vealy age, let them undergo it at
home, and not invade the domains of the
public.
Another cause Of complaint is the way
in which the public are called upon to
listen to rcuilations of We are seven ~
" Little drops of water" etc. The increase
of kndergartens has done much to bring
about this sad state of affairs, but parents
ought to interpose TO save the public. Let
me suggest that if the public met with
more consideration, life would be made
more pleasant to children. l know those
who never enter Il place of amusement
except when accompanied by little faces,
whose bright eyes fail to see aught but
the beautiful. l could tell of many a
drive and picnic postponed till Saturday
or vacation, gave the children chance to
go. But, they were children whose par
ents recognized the public, and upheld
their rights. could also name several
libraries, picture galleries, greenhouses,
and museums, whose treasures never I'M
fold themselves to children, because the
little fingers are so rarely taught not to
touch. Most children love music. Wit
ness the crowd around u grinding organ,
even when unattended by the attractive
monkey. Yet, how many children does
any one know whom she would risk invit.
ing to Il musicale ?
| cannot say wholly agree with the
man who thought boy should be brought
up in II hogshead. and fed through the
bung hole, for doubt not that on being
released the wild OK of the desert would
be more desirable companion; but do
think that parents should so bring up their
offspring that no one should have occasion
to make the suggestion. Yet many of us
feel with and for the sufferer who said his
sister followed to the letter one Bible in
junction with regard to children, namely
" Forbid them not. -" H)me and So.
ciety;" Scribner for March.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

WET WEATHER WIsDOM.-lt is not
necessary to inquire strictly either at
Z o'clock in the morning or any other time,
how many women workers there Hre who
must 90 abroad in all weathcrs. But the
question as to how they 90 may be consid-
cred a pertinent one by the student of
street life. A man generally desires to
reach his place of business in as comforta-
BILE state us is possible, so he wears an
old hat. n rough coat that turns off the
rain, and thick boots, and turns up his
trousers well out of the snow or mud, or
the spIashing water. There is nothing cs-
sentially feminine in wet feet, or in the
carrying around of soaked and muddy
skirts, yet it appears to be so considered
by some women who have to brave the
storms. The water proof" either of
stuff or the extremely light and useful
gossamer rubber, is part OF the ward
robe of most women who can procure
whatever is needed by way of wraps
And there are some sensible beings also
who, not being able to afford all the wraps
they would desire, wisely choose the use
full before the beautiful, and have their
everyday winter garment water proof
as well rs warm. Others (some among
them delicate young girls) give more con-
sideration to the fashion of costume than
to its materials, and among these may be
seen, on wet days, that poor economy
which carries the SNOWY dress out into
stormy weather, with an insufficient cover
of shawl or Jacket, and that soon reduces
it to shabbiness. No one, not even II man,
more needs to study comfort and lightness
and common sense in dress than the
woman who stand all day behind counters,
or in factories or sit in workrooms with
damp boots or skirts, or who have to do
much walking in our winter streets. A
dress that may be securely shortened with
out the painfuness of attempting to hold
it up, and the impossiblity Of doing it or
better still one made short enough ut the
outset, no matter what its material may be,
feet and ankles properly protected with
rubber shoes, and knit or woven leggingS
that it is not necessasy TO wear within
doors, and substantial wrap or cloak that
covers the entire dress these things need
not cost any more than is expended on the
showilv cut and trimmed costume. II
only n winter suit is to be had, the worker
who goes out every day ought to have it
comfortable and convenient, one that
gives her the same victory over clrcum-
stances that the man possesses in his ugly
costume. while she has the fortunate choice
to make it more graceful than hs.-Ph'ta'
delpbia Ledgsr,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

Some women are 10th to credit their
husbands with good intentions, or to give
them credit due their genius and enter
prise. Such Il woman lives on Adams
Avenue, She was fairly crazy about cera-
mics, but in the midst of her pottery deco
rations she was summoned TO New Eng
land to see n dying relative. Her hus-
band. good soul. decided to ceramic that
house to the most complete extent during
her absence. and he invested enough
money in fancy transfer pictures to have
bought his winters coal.
He pasted old Roman heads on the new
ell-posts, bordered the edges of the stairs,
had paper monkey climbing up each LEG
Of the extension table, pasted an alligator
on each panel of every door, had sailors
tumbling over each other on the water
pitcher, ran border along the base board
of the parlor, pasted the teapot with red
roses, bordered all the mirrors with lean
dogs running after fat rabbits, and gum
med the head of trotting horse on the
back of every chair. The panels in the
bedsteads blossomed with girailes reach
ing out for weeping willows and scrpents
trained around tho legs of the piano and
shot mad glances ut small mules with their
heels in the air.
Some men would have stopped here and
waited to be patted on the back and en-
couraged to 90 ahead This man only
waited to lay in new supply of pictures
and make some more paste. He whacked
II dozen giraffes on the tea-kette, two or
three of whom seemed intent on going up
the spout. fastened an elephant to the
handle of the spider, and made the stove
boiler fairly howl with its burden of cam
backs all bumped up.
When every door-knob had been orna-
mented with the phiz of Queen Elizabeth,
and the family camphor bottle made the
groundwork for Spanish bull-fght, the
husband threw the shears and four knives
two spoons and his paste pail over the
alley fence and waited for his wife's re-
turn. She arrived the other day.
He sent her home in carriage from the
depot, and waited an hour or so before
following her. When he thought she had
had time to thoroughly inspect his work
he went home. Several boys were play
ing on the walk, and as the husband was
unlocking the front door they saw a
woman's hand suddenly reach out, seize
his collar, and haul in on him, and as his
heels twinkled in the air a voice filled
with emotion called out:
"I'll paste rhinoceroses on you till you
can't winkr'
They are in a scrape at that house-they
are scraping ceramics from the earth into
eternity, Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

When q man has business that doesn't
pay, he usually begins to look around for
IL partner to share his losses with him.
A French philosopher remarks There
are people whom we discover that we love
when somebody attacks them" And there
are people whom we only attack when we
discover that somebody loves them.
What the Rochester Express calls "a
machine to save swearing has been in
vented by a man in Lockport, N. Y. 1t
consists of in arrangement by which
stovepipes are joined together like tee-
scope.
MAMMOTH CATTLE George w. Barry
ton, of Queensbury, N. Y, recently sold
u palr of five.year-old CATTLE weighing
1000 pounds each, for six hundred dollars;
and four two-yearold sheep, weighing
each 25O pounds.
The Chinese are evidently pagan. They
celebrate all their holidays by paying their
debts, forgiving their enemies, and shak-
ing hands all around. The civilized peo-
pie vino have gone to China have not vet
induced them to relinquish these old and
barbarous habits.
FALSE MoRAMTY.-Never teach false
morality. How exquisitely absurd to tell
girls that beauty is of no value-dress of
no use! Beauty is of value Her whole
prospects and happiness in life may often
depend upon II new gown or n becoming
bonnet; and. if she has five grains of COM
mon sense, she will find this out. The
great thing is to teach her their first value,
and that there must be something better
under the bonnet than pretty face for
real happiness. But never sacrifice truth.
The other evening sprightly little girl
about seven years old entered u store on
Woodward avenue, and after considerable
hesitation, whisperingly inquired of IL
clerk, edo you keep nursing bottles herep"
We do" he answered, and exhibiting
two or three different sty les, he asked which
she preferred. As she was looking them
over he remarked, Its for your little
brother, suppose?" " Yes sir it is"
she stitlly answered, you didn't think it
was for my son, did you?" Her indignant
look haunts him still.-DchoU Free Press.
A negro minister who married rather
sooner after the death of his wife than
some of the sisters thought proper and be-
coming, excused himself rs follows: &" MY
dear brederen and sisters, my grief was
greater dan could baar. | turned every
way for peace and comfort, but none
came. | searched the scriptures from
Ginisee to Rebelation, and found plenty of
promises to de wilder, but nary one to de
wdderer. So | took it that the good Lord
didn't waste sympathy on man when it
was in his power to comfort himself, and
habin iuss-rate chance to marry in de
Lord, did so, and would do so again.
Besides, brederen, consider dat poor Bet
sey was juss rs dead as she would ebcr be-"
-PhiGadclph1d Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

To TELL THE Hour OF DAY OR NIGHT.
Sling shillingIor sixpence at the end
of piece of thread by means of a loop:
then, resting your elbow upon n table,
hold the other end of the thread betwiXt
your forelingcr and thumb, observing to
let it pass across the ball of the thumb,
and thus suspend the shilling in an empty
goblet. Observe, your hand must be per-
fectly steady, and if you find it difficult to
keep it in IN immovable posture, it is USE
less to attempt the experiment. Promising
that the shilling is properly suspended,
you will find that when it has recovered
its equilibrium it will for moment be
stationary; it will then of its own accord,
and without the least agency from the per-
son holding it, assume the action of pen
dulum, vibrating from side to side of the
glass, and after few seconds will strike
the hour nearest the time of day; for in
stance, if the time be twenty-five minutes
past six. it will strike seven, and so on OF
any other hour. 1t is necessary to observe
that the thread should lie over the pulse
of the thumb, and this may in some meas.
ure account for the vibration of the shil.
ling. but to what cause its striking the
precise hour is to be traced, remains I'm.
explained for it is no less astonishing than
true, that when it has struck the proper
number its vibration ceases, it acquires a
kind of rotary motion, and at last becomes
stationary as before, -AmericGn YOUNG
! FOLKS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

Let bygOncs be bygoGcsi if bygones were cloudc
BY aught that occasion pang of regret,
Oh, let them in darkest oblivion be shrouded;
lis wis and Ills kind to forgive and forget
Let bygones be bygones, and good be extracted
From i'll over which it is folly to fret;
The wiseot ofmorals have looshly acted
The kindest are those who forgive and forget.
Let bygoncs be bygones; oh, cherish no longer
The thought that the sun of affection has set;
Eclipsed for moment, its rays W i'll be stronger,
lfyOu, like Christian, forgive and forget
Let bygones be bygones your heart will be lighter
When Kindness of yours with reception has met
The flame Of your love will be purer and brighter
If, GodIike you strive to forgive and forget
Let bygones be bygones; Oh purge out the lcaven
OF malice and try an example to set
TO others who craving The mercy of heaven,
Are sadly too slow to forgive and forget
Let bygones be bygoncs; remember how deeply
To heavens lorbcarauCe we all are in debt;
They value Gods infinite goodness too cheaply
Who heed not the preccpt Forgive and forget.
-Chdnber's Journal