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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

SPEAK GENTLY.-A loud boislerous tone
shows want of good breeding The first
principle of politcness is to make those
around you feel pleasant, and rude,
coarse manner is annoying to most per.
sons. A good anecdote is related of a
man who went by the name of " Whis.
pering john" which was given him in
ridicue. People said be talked as though
he were brought up in mill. One cold
morning he walked into public house,
and called out in his laundering voice:
Good moning. landlord, how are
youP'
Very we'll, how are you?"
"oh, I'm we'll but I'm so cold | can
hardly talk"
just then nervous traveller who was
present ran up to The landlord exclaim.
ing, Please have my horse brought us
soon as possible"
why, what is the mattero" asked the
llndlord.
Nothing" replied the traveller, :" ONLY
/ want TO get away before he gets warm. :
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

ENoCH ARDEN OUTDoNE. Paris, which
furnishes from real life so mlny plots
for novels and dramas, now sends Us Il
story which, if true. makes Enoch Arden
quite an ordinary hero. y few weeks ago
there appeared in Il Paris newspaper an
advertisement saying: "a widow young
and good 1oking, mother of four chill,
dIen without fortune, desires to marry Il
wealthy and honorable man. Address B.
H." Penniless widows with four depend
ent children are generally not much
sought after with zeal in the matri-
monial market, but this advertisement
brought three answers. These went, how
ever not into the hands of the "widow.
young and good looking" but into the
hands of her husband. In fact, the lady
IN question was not yet n widow at all,
and the advertise ment did not come from
her. Her husband, after II struggle such
rs many men have made in recent years,
despaired of being able to support his fam
lily. He therefore decided upon Il plan to
save them from want. When the answers
10 his advertisement We're received, he
investigated them carefully. and assured
himself that one of them came from II
man whose intentions were honorable and
whose worldly goods were abundent.
tie finished his work by putting this gen
tleman in the way of communicating with
his wife, and then he made her a widow
by drowning himself. Of the result the
report says that the man whose answer
TO the advertisement was approved, learn
ing the true state of the case, took Charge
OF the education of the children. Whether
wedding will follow we are not informed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

A WORKING CABINET.-I venture that
the president will retain the cabinet he has
until The end of his term. Grant was con
tnually changing his cabinet, putting out
that man and putting in another. so that
the total OF cabinet officers he created
during his term was twenty-three He
added much to the temperature of the hot
water in which he ctntinually found him T.
self by this course, for each removal led
to II row of greater OF lesser dimensions
The president is pleased with each men,
Der Of his cabinet; he thinks he has made
fortunate selections, and that they are OPP
Grating the various department in the in
tere>ts of the whole people, whose serv-
ants they are. By any amount of changing
about he could hardly get more honest,
economical, efficient and laborious body of
men than the present cabinet officers. They
are not Snowy men, but they have the
qualities which will wear well. They do
not set the bad example of giving grand
entertainments, to be followed by others
who haven't money of their own, and
must therefore use somebody elses, but
they 1--we plainly and economically. rs be-
TITS officials of republic. 1t is said that
they all live within their salaries, except
Evarts, and he has Il considerable bunk
account of his own. a majority are poor
men-working men, one may say-who
have no outside fortunes to draw upon 10
maintain style" here. Ii is well That it
il 50. Examples of extravaganza in Off
cial life are contagious. A lot of poor
devils, with little brains and less money,
attempt to follow, and land in bankruptcy,
with nobody to mourn them but their cred-
itorS. The painness OF official life here is
a wholesome eXampe,-H. Y. Redfeld.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

JHE ROMAN C4ESARS.-The Caesars
were the masters of Rome Their power
was boundless. Neither mans strength
nor woman's virtue availed against them.
Splendor unparalleled surrounded them in
their daily life-tbeir palaces were as large
rs cities--their villas covered whole PROV
inces-they sat on thrones of goll-they
melted pearls in wantonness in Their
wine. Yet in the annals of the civilized
world there is no succession of men whose
lot is so little envable ns that of these
rulers of the world. We do not speak
of the lower empires, of the lower Caesars
the lords of slaves and actresses. They
are beyond contempt rs well as envy.
We look only at the imperial line living
through the glorious period between Con
stanline and the first Cesar. What was
their fate, their length Of days? OF the
sixty-two emperors from Cesar 10 Con-
stantine, forty-two were murdered, three
committed suicide, two abdcated or were
forced TO abdiCate, one was killed in a
rebellion one was drowned, one died in
war, one died it is not known how, and
not more than eleven out of the sixty-two
died in the way of nature. Between the
death of Caesar and the succession of Con
Stantine 3l9 years elapsed, giving to each
Cesar an average of five years and two
months. Comparing the rate of imperial
mortality against the usual term of royal
lives, the waste appears most stiking.
The thrty-fve sovereigns of England
(omittng Cromwell as not affecting the
return) since the conquest, have "lived
in the purple " 787 years-an average of
over twenty-five years and five months.
The kings of France, from Clovis to
Louis Philippe, reigned on an average
twenty years and five months. The Ger
man emperors, from the accession of
Arnuff to the accession of Francis Joseph,
each reigned nineteen years and three
months. Even the Czars of Russia, from
Fedor 10 Nicholas, ruled for fourteen
years and two months.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
VOL. XXXV.
LIFE.
" But a week is so longi"he said,

But week is so longl he said,
With toss of his curly head.
" One, two, there, four, five, six, sevenl-
Seven whole daysi Why, In six you know
(iou said it yourself-you told me so,)
The great God up in Heaven
Made all the earth and the seas and skies,
The trees and the birds and the butteIniesI
How can wait for my seeds to grow?'
But month is so longi" he said,
With drop of his boysh head.
Hear me count-one, two thee, fou-
Fou whole weeks, and three days mOre
Thrty-one days, and each will creep
AS the shadows crawl over yonder steep;
Thirty-one nights, and | shall lie
Watching the stars climb up the skyl
How can wait till month is o'er ~
Blu a year is so long !" he said,
Uplifting his bright young head
All the seasons must come and go
Over the hills with footsteps slow
Autumn and winter, summer and spring;
Oh for bridge of gold to fling
Over the chasm deep and wide,
Thatl might cross to the other side,
Where she is waitlns-my love, my brider,
Ten years may be long" he said,
Slowly iaising his stately head.
g. But there's much to win, there is much to lose
A man must labor, man must choose,
And he must be strong TO watt
The years may be long but who would wear
The crown OF honor, must do and dare
No time has he to toy with fate
Who would climb to manhood's high estate ="
"Ah life is not long!" he said,
Bowing his grand white head.
zone, two, three, four, five, six, seveni-
Seven times ten are seventy.
Seventy years! As swift their flight
AS swallows cleaving the morning light,
Or golden CLEANS at even,
Life is short as summer night
How long, o God is eternily?"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

THE YOUNG HEIR She lad invited
him to stop to supper and he was trying
to appear easy and unroncerned, while
she was on her prettiest behavior.
Have you used the sugar, Jnhn?" in
quired the mother, in winning manner.
John don wont no sugar. circulated
the young heir, abruptly.
I" Why not?" inquired the father, curl
ou>ly, while John, in his surprise, swal-
lowed "a bit of toasted crust, and nearly
cut his throat open.
" Cos he don't" explained the heir, in
an artful manner. II heard him tell Mary
last night"
You keep STILL" interrupted Mary, in
an hylerlcal manner. while the young
man caught his breath in dismny.
IL heard him say persisted the heir
with dreadful eagerness, that she was 80
sweet he shouIdn never use no more
sugar any morc-an' then he kissed her
an said I'd tell an"
The young heir was lifted out of the
room by his ear, and the supper WAS fin
ished in moody silence.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
"One swallow does not make spring

Zone swallow does not make spring"
That depends upon how hot the coffee is.
A frisky Brton bit his wife's nose off
and the patient woman testified in Court
that she bit it off herself.
II suppose those bells are sounding an
alarm Of fire." sneeringly said man, rs
the church bells were calling together the
worshippers on Sunday morning;to which
clergyman who was passing reioned.
YES, my friend, but the fire is not in
this world"
If you know man who is willing to
kiss your boots because you are rich. you
may be sure that there is some one he
compels to kiss his boots in turn. He who
will cringe before one who is bigger than
himslf will play the tyrant over all smaller
than himself.
An editor narrowly escaped having his
pocket picked of $4,000 in a crowd in
Philadelphia last week. The thief got off
with bis wallet, but unfortunately it only
contained sixteen cents and receipt for
making paste that will keep six months
without souring.
Should the eye or any other part be
blackened by fall or blow, apply cloth
wrung ont of very warm water, and
renew il till the pain ceases. The moist
ure and heat liquefy the blood and send
IL back to its proper channel. Never use
cold water on bruise.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

How COPPERAS Is MADE.-Early one
bright morning twenty wears ago last
September, my room mate and started
from Hanover, n. II to visit the famous
copperas works in Stafford, VT. situated
some fifteen miles from The former place.
We presume there are few of our Young
est readers who have not seen the article
called copperaS, but there may be those
much older who DO not understand the
process of manufacturing it, In olden
lime, copper;tS WAS Il necessity in every
household, because our grandmothers not
only spun the yarn and wUve the cloth
for family use, but also co+ored it ut home
and scarcely any shade except blue could
he colored without the use of cOpperaS
Now we buy our cloth already colored. so
that the process of dyeing or coloring in 4
private family, is rarely seen. But green
cupperas is still used for various purposes,
and is one of our most valuable disinfcct-
ants.
The mineral from which copperas is
made is composed of iron and sulphur,
and is callel the sulphuret of iron. Some
times it is yellow, and ignorant people
often mistake it for gold; hence it is
sometimes called fools gold " The min
erll in Straff'ord is not yellow, but Of
silver white, and in this form it is called
marcdsite There is ii vein of this mineral
several feet in thickness and of unknown
depth, extending along the side of ridge
of land
The first process is to uncover the ore,
which workmen do with spades. the earth
to be removed being about four feet in
depth. When the rock is laid bare, work.
men drill deep holes into it and break 1t
with powder, the same as granite quarries
are opened. These large blocks of ore
are then lifted out by means of derricks,
and workmen break them into small frag-
ments with sledge hammers. These pieces
are then thrown into large heap over n
water tight vat which has been dug in the
earth and covered over to prevent the ore
from falling into it, and is then set on fire.
1t is e,tSy To set the mass on fire on account
of the large quantity Of sulphur in it, and
alter it begins to burn it will smoke and
shoulder for several days like u coal pit.
After the fire has done its work, the course
fragments readily crumble, and the mass
assumes the appearance of pile of black
sand. Water is then brought to the top,
conducted from boiling spring far her up
the hill, in wooden spouts. The pile is
saturated with water and
leached, the liquid filtering through into
the vat beneath.
From this vat, the liquor which now
contains iron and sulphur in solution. is
drawn off in pipes and carried farther
down the bill and into the top of Il large
inc down through this brush. much of the
water is evaporated, and the residue is
again caught in II vat at the bottom. From
Ibis vat it is arain drawn off ard passing
farther dawn the hin it is received into
,no,hpr bnildinp filed with laroe boiiprs
where it is boilel unlil more of lbe water
passes off in steam. his Then Drawn off
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

PROVE TIT is not very difficult for Z
person to be sunny-tempered when every,
thing is going prosperou>ly with him
When man has made handsome sum
of money, and all the signs are favorable
for his making The same amount to-mor.
ow. how good natured he can be- when
ne hour comes to close the store, he takes
his hat from the peg, buttons up his over
coat, draws on his gloves and starts for
his home feeling kindly toward everybody.
lie buys paper of the newsboy and snaps
him dime, and hurries along without
waiting for the return change, chuckling
to himself as if he ha3 perpelrated first
class Joke When he comes to his house
he smiles ut the servant, kisses his wife,
or aught to,-bounces the baby, and fills
the entire household with sense of his
own supreme satisfaction. How easy it
is to he good natured under such circum
stances. What saints we all are when we
have all we want.
But times change. The business skv
looks darker and becomes black with
ominous clouds. Under our feet run rum
b!ingS and the premonitory un,teadiness
which always precede Il financial earth.
quake. The commercial atmosphere is
motlonless and oppressive; everybody
senses danger. Buyers are timid: sellers
are suspicious. The current of trade |
shrinks. Goods rem Tin unsold: paper on
which you relied goes to protest. house
hold expenses begin to crowd; small bills
duns grow imperative. All,
now is the time, friend, when good nature
in you is II virtue; yes, Il grace, aud "a
grace so white that it shall be seen in the
highest heaven and noted there. Now is
the time for you to show what stntf you
are really made of. Now is the time if
YOU are a gentleman, to prove it. If YOU
love your wife, now is the time to show
it; if you have faith in some hing nobler,
higher sweeter, than this world and its
possessions, let that faith be manifest in
your conduct everywhere.
Don't take Il gloomy face and surly
voice, and sour temper to your house
lold. That household has its own cares,
md troubles, and clouds enough in its
'wn skies Tell your wife your difficulties
'ut in such brave, gentle and loving
way us, instead of depressing her spirits,
viii cause them, rather, to rise buoyanty
It the thought that she is fully trusted by
'ou, and may be able to help you.- Gold ,
n Rule.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

A New BRIDGE AT LoNDoN.-London
is about to attempt a bridge which rivals
IN boldness of engineering that between
New York and Brooklyn. The plan of
Sir j. Bazalgette for throwing II steel
bridge across the Thames, where relief
for the crowded traffic is imperiously de-
m!anded, has been approved. The recent
improved process in the manufacture of
steel, by which its strength is twice that
Of iron, and its cost greatly reduced, ena.
bes the construction of the proposed
bridge. One bold span of $50 feet will
carry the proposed highway from the Iron
gate stairs to Herselydown. The bridge
vii have Il clear Roadway of 68 feet above
nigh water mark, and permit the passage
OF three fourths of the shipping of the
thames, and the remaining one-fourth by
lowering top sails. The bridge will be six
inet let wider than Lonlon bridge; cost fl,-
100000 sterling, and be the longest arched
bridge in existence.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
FOR CHItIST'S SAKE.

Oh, what shall give to the Savior
For what He nth given for me?
III give Him the gift of an earnest lite,
OF heart that is loving AMI free from strif,
As He hath given for me.
Aud what shall do for the SAVIOR
For what Hc hath done for me?
I'll pray for the sick, and the evil.loer;
IN make my friends among the poor
AS He hath done rOr me.
And what shall bear for the SAVIOR
For what He hath borne for me,
Remembering X P'n Ills constant care,
Whatever He sends me will bear,
AS He hath borne for me.
And what shall be for the Savior
For what He hath been for me?
Long suffering. kind unselfsh pure,
To bear, believe, t. hope, endure,
As lie hath been for me-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

HINDoo PROVERBS. of errors
of the mouth. DO not meddle with cll n
destine affairs. Do not publish people S
defects. Do not change what you have
said. Do not revile wise men. Be most
cautious with respect to superiors, relatives
and the dead. Do not go TO sleep early
and rise late. Do not neglect your own
field, and plow your neigebor's. Do not
run 100 fast after gain. Do not learn 10
do that from which there is no advantage.
Be most on your guard against having
the. body present, but mind absent Do
not make Il difference between the noble
and ignoble. Living or dying be the
same. Let the meritorious and defective
mutually advise.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

The mints have coined about 6,000.000
of the trust" dollars, but nobody seems
to want them. Those that were given in
exchange for greenbacks go directly back
10 the treasury department for customs
dues, and there they remain. Thus far
they don't seem to have produced any of
the beneficial effects that their supporters
looked for. 1t is likewise noticeable that
since the work of coming began, silver has
fallen In price.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
WHAT DOES 1T MATTER?

1t matters little where was born,
Or II my parents wcrs ich or poo
Whether they shrank at the cold worlds scorn.
Or walked in the pride of veal tn secure;
But whether live an honest man,
And hold my integrity firm in my clutch
tell you, my brother, plain as can,
1t matters muchl
1t matters little where he my grave,
II on the land or in the sea,
BY purl ng brook. or meath stormy wave.
1t matters little or naught to me;
But whether tho angel of Heath comes down
And marks my brow with loving touch,
As the one who shall wear the victor's crown.
1t matters much
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

five can by honest effort change way
worn thought to manly purpose, en-
courage the halting mind TO correct views,
remove prejudice, cnkinde chaste desires
and strengthen noble purpose. our cf-
forts in life shall DOT he in vain. Feeble
our effort may be, MS the breeze that kiss
es the mountain summit; yet it may be
the morning breath that shall help on its
mission Of mercy, virtue and usefulness
some waiting pilgrim.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

A new industry is likely to spring up
S on in Kentucky, and is already full OF
Promise. This is The manufacture of dress
Iahrics from dressed hemp. which when
oeached, dyed and properly prepared. is
pronounced equal 10 the best wooden goods.
I'ousers made from this material have al
ready been worn several months, and show
no signs of wearing out.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12

your own qualification, you will not refuse
to take me back for mine. Come Mr..
- and - and -, buckle 10,
and let US return; it's getting late,
There was no appeal for the window
was raised and the doctor resumed his
seat. Almost without word, the dis
comfted young gentlemen took their
places at the pole and the back of the ve-
hicle, and quite eXpeditiously. if with less
voice, did they retrac" their course. In ST.
lence they dragged the carriage into its
wonted place, and then retrealed precipi-
lately to their rooms. to dream of the ac-
count they must render on the morrow.
When they had retired the doctor quietly
vacated the carriage and went to his house,
where he related the story to his family
with much glee. He never called the he
roes of that nocturnal expedition to an ac-
count, nor was the carriage ever after
wards dragged at night into the woods.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-12
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4HE RIyhR .tND HiRBoR HILL


WAsHlNGroS, juno I'm spite OF the largo
appropriations made To- New York I'm the River
anal llarbor bin, by which an effort was made
- secure the suppor of Now York mombrrs in
roih Houses, both the New lork senators voted
nrainst tho hiO Senator ConkNnR speaking
quest otter Nrrrt . Spencer had announced tnut
ll' l"nI'i u'. g. Wmte" Irpou stru' \ outline
ulllnWWl ,u lnl buukuk mrhor. said;
M n n', .n' One i'mHrh mad. hv the Som
hlnI from NiHH ma illustrates, think, very
Wi lAr 'nnri tn of tnls hl. Ne Huys TINT
t3lulO mas ,l'"u tiu'lrn oul. ulIu.ublr 10 the
bar or at luukl.k. Dunhik Is II hnrhur IN n
fr',i in'gnd -"a inh"lrk Is the terminus of
ih' Err" Railway Tine hmNor OF Dunklrk Is
the place where stands an un"omplrt.d break
wutrr. viii II 10 want and end ana perish Tor
ih" want of the appropriation winch tn" com
mltt"n has siuok.n out $ DE by side with thut
rs lat the tact that this bill hr,sllcs with IN
STANCES in VIII i all the navigation made out lay
ihe spectators on dreams Of I'm engineer IL
Iohl in rs .harncter, beginning nowhere on u
nlupnn highway. running nowhere 10 a ma
tnna highway, and meyer aiming nj n daptn OF
wal. exceeding thlr' feet, ana in Il hill thus
MAIs IL Stems that 81 aDn NO ID AuDrunrIaial