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

A TOUCHING LErTER.-Every one
knows the story of the little girl who.
wishing to ask something of heaven.
wrote letter to God which she put in
the hands Of the virgins statue in the
parish church. A circumstance nearly
analogous has just taken place near Mar
chiennes, in Belgium. A girl named
Blanche was in the service of Monsieur
and Madam G. who were much attached
to her on account of her fidelity and piety.
Some days ago Madam G. fell i'll and died
very suddenly. The day after her death,
Blanche, profting by moment when the
corpse, already prepared for the grave,
was alone, made her way to the chamber
of death. lifted the shroud, and then retired
preoipitately. Those who saw her sus-
pected she might have been trying to pill
fer the jewelry of the corpse Search was
made and nothing was found missing, but
there was letter in the dead woman's
hand. This being opened was discovered
to be letter from Blanche to her mother.
dead long time before. 1t was as fol-
lows:
My DEAR AND Coon MOTHER: This is
TO let you know that M. R. has asked me
TO marry him; as you are no longer here
| beg you to let me know in dream, if
I ought to marry him. and SO give me
your consent. In order to communicate
with you profit by the occasion of Mad
anne G. who is going to heaven.
This letter, which bore the superscrip-
tion. To my mother Josephine, who is
in heaven!" is truly poem of ingenious
piety Baltimore Bulletin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

NOTHING TO Do.-The brave man or
woman will always find something to do
| know little woman who, by her hus-
bands illness, has been reduced to work
for Il livelihood. She will do anything
which is honest One week she does somt
copying. The next week she is at her
sewing machine; Il friends eyes are weak
and she happened to say she was looking
for a seamsress. At once our heroine (for
are not such heroines?) stamped on her
pride, which squirmed horribly and said .
" Remember she was your bridesmaid
and doesn't know how very poor you are ::
you d better pretend you know of seam
stress" Down came the foot, and tile
words are spoken bravely: "If may take
the work home, will be very glad to do
it," Another time there is Sudden sic =
ness, and IA nurse is required. She goes;
and so, gradually, she acquires reputa-
ton for Intense earnestness in fulfilling hel
duty-lhat of earning money for her chill
dren-and one thing leading to another
she learns how to support her family COM
fortaby and with ease. Where there's Il
will, one can generally find way.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

WHO WINs.-The boy or the man that
spends all his evenings away from houle,
attending lecture, club-room, thcaler, bill
lard hall, beer saloon; playing chess,
checkers, pool, or cards smoking or chew
ing tobacco, drinking liquor or gambling,
to some extent whatever, or the one who
is entirely free from all that we have
named; whose determinations and ten.
denotes are in the direction of home. in
dusty, sobriety, self culture in the sci
ences and the literature of the past and
the present, of right and the truth, ant
of God? We have in mind II most wor.
thy gentleman of Chicago, who stands
high in business circles, because, wher
but boy on the streets of Chicago, he
chose the right and maintained it. Al
four children. From that time, for sever
years, that boy sold papers and blackeC
boots; all the while supporting the family
out of his daily profits. At eighteen he
commenced business for himself us mer
chant, and to-day is highly respected by
his many friends and acquaintance and i,
doing llourshing business.
Who winsP The boy or man of bat
habits? No! The boy or the man who car
swear, cheat, lie, or steal, without being
found out? No! But he wins who is no
ashamed to pray to God in the hour o
temptation for help-for strength more
than human when adversity overwhelms
He who reads Gods word and trusts it
who is not governed by the motive, is il
expedent, but, is it rightP He wins -
Ncs0S Boys appeal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

NEVER GET ANGRY.-It does no good
Some sins have II seeming compensation
Of apology, II present qualification of some
sort, but anger has none. 1t is really II
torment, and when the storm of passions
has cleared away. it leaves one to see that
he has been fool
And he has made himself a fool in the
eyes of others, too. Who thinks well of
IN ill-natured. churlish man. who has to
he approached in the most guarded way?
Who wishes him for neighbor, or II part
ner in business? He keeps all about him
in nearly the same state of mind as if they
were living next door to hornets nest or
Il rabid animal.
And as to prosperity in business, one
gets along no better for being angry.
What if business is perplexing, and every
thing goes :" by contraries?" Will n fit of
passion make the winds more propitious,
the ground more productive, the markets
more favorable9 Will bad temper draw
customers. pay notes, and make creditors
better natured? If men, animals. or sense
less matter cause trouble, will getting
mad" help matters-make men more
subservient, brutes more docile, wood and
stone more tractable?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

THE HORSES AT BALAKLAvA.-The ex-
tent to which charger can apprehend the
perils of II battlefield may be easily under
rated by one who confines his observation
to horses still carrying their riders; for, us
long AS IL troop-horse in action feels the
weight and the hand of a master his deep
trust in man keeps him seemingly free from
great terror, and he goes through the fight,
unless wounded, us though it were Il field
at home; but the moment death or II dis
abling wound deprives him of his rider,
he seems all at once to learn what II battle
is-to perceive its real dangers with the
cearness of human being, and to be
agonized with horror at the fate he may
incur for want of a hand to guide him.
Careless of the mere thunder of guns, he
shows plainly enough that he more or less
knows the dread accent that is used by
missiles of war whilst cutting their way
through tie air, for us often rs these
sounds disclose TO him the near passage of
bullets or shot, he shrinks and cringes.
His eyoballs protrude. Wild with fright,
he still does not most commonly gallop
home into camp. His instinct seems
rather to tell him that what safety, if any
there is for him, is found in the ranks; and
he rushes at the first squadron he can find,
urging piteously, yet with violence, that he
too by right is n troop-horse, that he too is
willing to charge, but not to be left behind,
that he must and will fall in" Some
times rideriess charger, thus bent on al
igning with bis fellows, will not be con-
tent to range himself on the flank of the
line, but dart at some point in the squad
ron which he seemingly judges to he his
rightful place, strive TO force himself in
Riding, as it is usual for the commander
of regiment to do, some way in advance
of bis regiment, Lord George Paget was
specially tormented and pressed by the ri.
derless horse which chose to turn round
and align with him. At one time there
were three or four of these horses adyanc-
ing close abreast to him on one side, and
as many rs five on the olher.-RtngIdke' s
CT,naettn War.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

have been wrong. Another thing that
does not seem TO be right, is 10 see sn
many holes in cheese. 1t seems to me
that solid cheese, one made bv one of
the old masters. with no holes in t-I do
not acruse you of cheating, but don't YOU
feel II little ashamed when Won see cheese
cut, and the holes are the biggest par of
it? The little cells may be handy for the
skipper, but the nu>ulner feels the fraud
in his innrlm"st soul. Among In. iii-
provrmenrS mad,. n the nianulncIure ii
cheese | must not Jorge, that of late years
the chess does not re-rmhlr the Y ird-
stour as mnch H. it lid year, a"o he
time has been when. if the frmrr o"uld
not lind his grindStonr, all hp had T., do
was 10 morti-e "a hnir III the mi 1T, of Il
cheese, turn it, ana grind his scy hp. B..
fore the invention at nitro gtyrerilr, il
WIS Il good day " rk TO i .h and b, w
off enough ch't--' fl II mel Time has
worked wonder III cheese
If | have nelrctcd The subject Of hnlrrr.
in these lew Remarks ii Is be usn my
time has been limited, and See THAI the.
SIX klpperS are anxious to get to skipping.
Butter Is getting to be an every day occur
renee, and it will hold its own if it is
given half chance with all the improve
nents in the way of hair nvigorators. any
person can raise good head of butter. |
beg of you not to have anything to do
with this new patent butter called Ole. D.
Margarine From the name it is evidently
of Norwegian extraction. and while il may
| be as beautiful in appearance rs the origi-
nal of which it is counterfeit, statistics
| show that rs lubrcator for huckwheat
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13
CREEDS OF TIE BELLS.

Or, no, there is no flaming hell
said the Unversalst bell;
Lo ok up to heaven this holy day,
AT tend this church and learn the way
Tt ere are no fires, no friends TO blight
Tt hope within the heart that's right:
No hell no hell! no hell no hell
Rarg out the Universaist bel.
d. well DO Welt do well do well
Said the Unitarian bell;
Come here and cast ASIDE your Load,
And york your way along the road,
With aith in God anil faith in man,
And ,pe in Christ where hope began;
DO wei II do WE'LL d. WE'LL 10 welt
said tn sUnItarlan bell.
Swell well sw, IL SWELL We waters, SWELL
Exclalm ed, in pcals, the Baptist bel;
While ia ith in Christ alone can save,
NJ IN mu at be plunge beneath the wave,
70 show the world uniaitering faith
In what he sacred scripture saith
swell sw ELL SWELL swell We waters, swell
Exclaimed, in peals, the Baptist bell.
FAREWELL farewell base world, farewelll
Cried out TIC Presbyterian bell,
Life IS a boon, to mortal given,
And there is nothing true but heaven;
Do not provoke the avenging rod
Come here and learn the will of God;
FAREWELL farewell b lse world, farewell?
Cried out the Presby teran bell.
We tell the truth we tell we tell
Shouted the Methods bell;
One Lord has made sa lvation free,
None need be lost on | and or sea;
Repent, believe. have hope and then,
BE saved, and praise th e Lord-Amenl
The truth we tell we h III we tell
shouted the Methodist bell.
Excel excel! in love e1 eel
Chlmed the Episcpoian bell;
This is the church-not built on sands
Emblem of one not built with hands;
Its forms, and rules, and rites revere
And worship here-come worship here;
Excel in faith and works excel
Chimed the Epscopalan bell.
Look down, ye saints, in leaven that dwell!
shouted the II )man Cath Ilic belli
Lean DER the battlements of bliss,
And degn to bless worl like this;
Let mortals kneel before this shrine,
Here is the water, here is the wine;
Look down, ye saints, in eaven that DWELL
Exclaimed the Roman Cal holic bell.
Der cty's streets or hill, ide dell
Ring on each Heaven-assi lring belll
Press forward pilgrims, to the shrine
OF Calvary and Palestine;
These paths that lead thro Lgh earthly dross,
All meet at last beneath the cross.
The Christian does not fea the knell
y S angels toll the funeral bell.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13
BE NOT THE FIRST.

DE -Nol TIE FthNI
Oh be not the first to discover
A blot on the name of friend,
A flaw in the faith Of lover,
Whose heart may prove true to the end
We none of us know one another.
And oft into error we fall;
Then let ia speak well of each brother,
Or speak not about HIM at all.
smile ora sigh may awaken
suspicion most false and undue;
And thus our belief may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of ghdncss
Is worn by the friends that we meet.
TO cover soul full Of sadness,
Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh of objection
Is heaved fr.m the hrpocrile's breast.
To parody truth aud affection,
Or lull suspicion TO rest
How often the friends we hold dearest
Their noblest emotions conceal,
And bOsoms the purcst sinceiest,
Have secrets they cannot reve |.
Leave base minds to harbOr suspicion,
And small ones to trace our defects;
Let ours be noble ambition.
For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another.
And OF into error may fall,
Then let us speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

To GIRLs.-Never marry II man who
has only his love for you to recommend
him. 1t is very fascinating. but it does
not make the man. If ne is not otherwise
what he should be you will never be hap
py. The most perfect man who did not
love you should never be your husband.
But though marriage without love is terri
BILE love only will not do. If the man is
dishonorable to other men, or mean, or
given to any vice, the time will come
when you will either loathe him or sink to
his level. 1t is hard to remember, amidst
kisses and praise, that there is anything
else in the world to be done or thought of
but love making; but the days of life are
many and the husband must be guide TO
be trusted-a companion, a friend as well
AS lover. Many girl has married
man whom she knew to be anything but
good " because he loved her So" And the
flame has died out on the hearthstone of
home before long, and beside it she has
been sitting with one that she could never
hope would lead her heavenward-or who,
if she followed him as u wife should,
would guide her steps to perdition. Mar
riage is n solemn thing-a choice for life :;
be careful in the choosing.-Belgravia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

HARD WORK." What is your secretp"
asked a lady of Turner, the distinguished
painter. He replied, II have no secret,
madam, but hard work" Says DR.. Arnold:
1.-The difference between one man and
another is not so much in talent us in
energy" Nothing" says Reynolds, is
denied well directed labor, and nothing is
to be attained without it." Excellence
in any department. says johnson, &c Can
now be attained by the labor of a lifetime,
but it is not to be purchased at Il less
price" "There is but one method" said
Sidney Smith, land that is hard labor /;
and a man who will not pay that price for
distinction had better at once dedicate
himself TO the pursuit of fox"
Step by STEP" reads the French prov
erb, lone goes very far " Nothing"
says Mirabeau, is impossible to a man
who can and will. This is the only law of
success Have you ever entered Il cot
tage, or travelled in coach, ever talked
with peasant in the field, or loitercd with
mechanic at the loom," asked Sir Ed
ward Bulwer Lytton, "without finding
that each of these men had II talent you
have not, knew something you did not? u
| The most useless creature that yawned at
II club, or idled in rags under the suns of
Culabria, has no excuse for want of intel
lect. What men want is not talent, but
purpose; in other words, not the power to
achieve, but the will to labor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

type cylinders. Friends at a distance will
then send to each other phonotvpe letters
which will talk at any time in The friends
voice when put upon the instrument. How
startling also. it will be to reproduce and
hear ut pleasure the voice of the dead
All of these things are to he common
.verv day experiences within a few wears
It will be possible a generation hence to
take IL file of phonotvps letters. spoken ,t
different aces bv he same rerson. and
hear the early prattle. the changing voice.
the manly tones and also the VARYING
manner and mooJs of tbo ono,Lar g.,
expressive of character-(rom chilJhood
mp!
These are some of the private applica.
| ions. For public use. we shall have oal-
eri,s where phonotvpe sheets will be
preserved rs photoprtphs and hooks now
are. The uterance of great speakers and
singers will there be kept for a thousand
years. In these galleries. spoken Ian.
guayes will be preserved from century Ia
century with ali peculinrities of pronuncia
ton, dialect. brooue. AS we oo now tn
see stereopticon. we shall 90 to public
halls to hear these treasures of speech and
song brought ont and rem, oduced as loud
or louder, than when firsl snoken or spno
by the truly great ones of earth. The
ease with which the phon,ype cylinders
may be stereotyped or electrotyped and
multiplied has been spoken Of Certainly,
within a dozen wears, some of the great
singers will be induced to sing into the car
of the phonopraph. and the electrolyped
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

Iat dinner, and before they parted it was
quite concluded that they should carry out
the wishes of their parents by agreeing to
dine together always Philadelphia Post
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

lfyou were as willing to be pleased and
ns anxUns to please in your own home MS
you are in the company of your neighbors,
you would have the happiest home in the
world.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-13

THE DIVER AND THE SIIARKs.-I dove
once in Mobile Bay, where | put over three
hundred chains under an iron clad. The
greatest annoyance we had there was
sharks. They didn't hardly dare tackle
US, because with our armor we looked
more like scarecrows than anything else.
They would come sailing along and grad
ually swim up toward us with their great
big mouth wide open, but when within a
few feet of us they would stop and lay
there aappin' their fins and looking, it
seemed to me, like the very devil himself
Finally we devised n way to scare them off
hat never failed to frighten them so that
they would stay away an hour or longer
before they dare to come back. The ar
NOR we wear is air-tight you know. Our
jacket sleeves were fastened around our
wris,s with an elastic, so that the air could
not escape. BY running my finger under
the sleeve of my jacket | could let the air
ont, and rs it rushed into the water it
would make ii sort of Kissing noise and a
volume of bubbles shoot up. So whenever
those Internal sharks would come prowl-
ing around me | would hold ont my arm
toward them and, putting my finger under
the elastic of my jacket sleeve, would let
lot of air out and send II stream of bub-
hles into the sharks face with kissing
noise like steam from II guage cock The
way those sharks would 90 scootino of
was funny to behold.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22

Considerable talk has been indulg-
ed in of the recent long session of
the Democratic Legislature, and to
show the foolishness of such talk we
call attention to the following COM
parsons with that of the preceding
Republican Legislature.
The Republican Legislature of
1877 was in session 126 days.
The Democratic Legislature of
1878 was in session 129 days.
The Republican Legislature dur
ing it's session of 1877 passed 556
pages of laws.
The Democratic Legislature OF
1878, passed 1900 pages of laws, in
Guiding the Municipal Code, Civil
Code, Probate Code, Taxation Title,
and the law relating to the Board OF
Public Works, which all goes to show
that the Democrats can do more i'm
portant work in a given length Of
time than the Republicans could
ever dream of doing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22
STRICKEN GRENADA.

Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
GRENADA, MISS, Aug. 19th.-The
tale is told in q few words: The
mortality is terrible, and but few of
us left to be shortly added to the
new case list. DR.. Vaudeville, an
experienced yellow fever physician,
says that he never saw any thing
that would begin to compare with it,
and the picture cannot be overdrawn.
The negroes are stampeding, leaving
the stricken with no one to pass a
drink of water or wait upon them but
a handful of nurses and well ones.
1t beggars all description. Verify
the village is in the valley Of death.
Surely it seems we are all to go, not
a hopeful case. Two old experience
ed nurses down. Not a person to be
seen in the streets, and the beauti-
full MOON, shining her pale light,
lends a dismal gloom to the gloom
lest of all scenes-a plague-stricken
village. Your reporter is the only
telegraph operator left, and if taken
no one will be left to tell you the re-
mainder of the tale. Total deaths
over eighty, and increasing rapidly.
May a merciful God be with US.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22

Certainly no Congressional strug-
gle in the State has been SO bitter,
as that for the nomination in the
Seventh District between Hon. Frank
Hurd and Gen. Steedman, and which
resulted in favor of Hurd at the con-
vention held in Fremont on We'd
nesdsy last. 1t is evident from la
test advices that Gen. Steedman is
very sore over his defeat, and is using
his best endeavors to split the party,
even going SO far as to desire to run
independent himself. Considering
the bitter feeling engendered we
think a third man should have been
elected, but as Mr.. Hurd secured the
nomination on the first ballot, and
says he stands square on the Ohio
platform, every good Democrat
should support him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22

The Democratic newspapers of the
District have ably and fairly present
ed the merits of their respective
county candidates for the Congress
sional nomination. The candidates
are ALE men WORTHY and COMPLIANT
to represent the District.-Miams
Democrat.
That is what the Miami Democrat
said the week before the Sidney Con-
vention. Now, what amount of cred
it can any honest man give to the
miserable stuff the same writer Of
the above is now spewing out against
one of these worthy and competent
men? 1t is no doubt sweet morsels
for Republicans and sore.headed
Democrats to feast upon, but very
nauseating to honorable and decent
men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-22

The BOBBY nincompoops who are
permitted by the inscrutable ways of
Providence to edit Republican news
papers in this District, and who are
charging corruption upon the dele
gates at the Sidney Convention are
certainly the grandest liars in the
world. 1t is they themselves who
are the corruptionists. Extra copies
and supplements of their dirty sheets
containing their fonl lies and SLAM
ders are being circulated and ped
died about by pimps who r paid
from money that comes out of the
United States Treasury. The edi-
tors r paid by John Sherman, and
they are all aided and abetted by
Republican postmasters and revenue
agents who are paid from money that
comes out of the pockets of the peo-
pie. Does any farmer or mechanic
suppose that they could hire any OF
these fellows, providing the lazy
devils would work at all, to do them
a job of work for nothing? Not
much. They are working for mon
ey and spending the money that
comes from Republican head-quar-
tiers in order to try and defeat a
greenback Democrat for Congress.
Whenever any of these chaps come
around from Miami county or any
other county-inthe District and pre-.
tend to be Democrats who can't &C
for LeFevre, you may just mark them
down as lying Republicans hat are
bought and paid for by the Republi.
can party. 1t is simply one of theil
tricks to SOW dissension in the Dem.
%ocratic ranks whereby they expect
to elect a Republican to Congress Sc
that they a assist John Sherman
in contracting the currency and in
creasing the hard times. 1t is too
thin, and when these fellows com,
around we advise every Democrat il
Auglaize county to give them tn,
grand bounce with the toes of thei
boots.-Augldize Democrat.