Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-08-07
Great souls suffer in silence.

Give me leave simply to state my be-
lief that the only solid basis for an endur-
ing republic is the Rock of Ages. Any
other foundation is unstable and insecure
rs the sands of the seashore.-Prof. Pierce
of Cambridge.
Supp, sing Beaconsfield should marry
Qneen Victoria; and surprising they should
come over here on bridal tour. Would
Judge Hilton be in-Jew-dicious enough to
refuse Beaconstield room ut the Grand
Union because he is Il Jew?-PoSt.
Why paw 800 for phonograph, when
81 so judiciously invested in ice cream,
the coming summer, and two bushels of
tulnips in the fall for II marriage crrtifi-
cate, will give you II life lease on talking
machine that never requires any tin loil
on the cylinder escapement? Young man,
these are times for the practice of economy
and you should reflect Chicago Post.
A lover who had gone west ITO "make
home =" for his " Birdie" wrote to her:
l. We got the finest quarter section OF land
160 acres) ever put my foot down on"
Birdie wrote back: suppose you hHy
another quarter section. John, SO we can
have lawn around your fooln' John
" made n home" but Birdie never was
the mistress of it.
A western granger advises people to
make their own lightning rods by taking
two strands of No. 9 galvanized wire and
twisting them firmly together and doub-
ling it. Pat one end in The moist earth or
well, and run it thence underground to
the building and up on the outside to the
chimney top, fastening with iron staples,
aud parting the strands at the top, filing
them up to sharp points.
If a cat doth meet a cat upon the garden
wall, and if Il eat doth greet cat, o need
they both to squall? Every Tommy has
his Tabby waiting ON the wall, and yet he
welcomes her approach with hideous
yawl. And if kitten wish to court upon
garden wall, why don't he sit and sweet
ly smile, and not stand up and b1wl; lift
his precious buck up high. and show his
teeth and moan, rs if 'twpre collie more
than love that made that fellow groan?
For the first few years of life, the
parent is to The child. with hardly any
qualtiration.in the place of God. The
home is the first temple in which man
worships. The parent is the impersona-
ton of pelfcction. And if, in striving
after that perfection, as the child will do
almost before he can speak, he is not
guided by the melodious harmony of pa
rental love embracing his parents and
uniting in himself, his whole nature,
intellectual rs well as m 'ral my from
the first be stunted. Peter Payne.
EXPENSIVE WoRK-A doting Chicago
father has Just received his sons expense
account for the last quarter ut Princeton.
Among the items are: 50 for revolver,
81. go for ammunition. 81 for burglar
alarm, $26 for bIacksmith's and lockSmilh's
work to make the study door Sophomore
proof Sl7 80 for a half-interest in hull
dog, 50 for u sword cane, s. 80 for loaded
ditto, and $40 to doctor for digging buck
shot out of the caf of his leg. The
sympathizng progenitor says it is very
expensive work fitting "a young man for
the ministry.
! 1t is the practice of many people to
wear flnnes during the winter only,
stripping them off when hot weather comes
for good. During the summer their cot
ton or linen becomes saturated with pers-
pration, and in this state little change
in the atmosphere. perhaps a" sea turn"
does them more injury than they begin
to dream of The chill of wet cotton is
instantaneous. while thin funnel acting
us an absorbent and conserver of bodily
warmth, gives the system more time to
adapt itself, thus avoiding those dangerous
maladles, summer colds.
A bright little chick at Columbus, Ohio,
was accosted by a passer-by with, Sissy,
what's your pas nameP" This was po-
ltrly wered. How many brothers
have you?" -Four or five" "Hnw
m1ny sistcrsp" -Four or five" The
young m ms curiosity being satisfied he
passed on. The mother of the little four
year old (who had neither brother nor sis
ter) overheard the conversation, and call
| ing her in asked her why she had Storied
10 the man, and received the following
reply: "Wel, mlmna. diln't W mt the
gentleman to think we were so poor rs to
have no children