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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

THE MICROSCOPE AS A DETECTIVE
Some years since it was discovered by the
authorities of Il railway in Germany that
L btrrel which, on being dispatched from
a certain station, contained silver coin.
had. during the journey to its destination
been emptied of its contents and filled
with sand. For some time no clue to the
perpetrator of the robbery could be dis
covered; but mt length learned professor
having been consulted on the subject, call
ell in the aid of microscope. And this
was how the thief was found out. The
prosessor knowing that, even though in
the very minuteSt degree, there WAS dis
tinctive difference in the sand found neal
the various stations along the railway line
sent for samples of it from each of the
places through which the train containing
the silver coin had passed. With the mi
croscopc he then carefully examined each
sample, compared it with the sand found
in the barrel, and thus identified the sta
tion from which the latter had been pro
cured. Having. in this ingenious manner
found out the station he wanted little diff
ficulty remained Tor the railway servants
employed at it, by one of whom the rob
berry had been committed, were so few ir
mum Der that the culprit was readily de
tected
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

In UsPENsE.-The Elmira Gazette tells
this story; Why, my dear, what is the
matter? What can il mean You look so
depre sra 1t cannot be-and yet-oh,
relieve this killing suspense! Alexander,
have You failed?' said his wife with clasp
ed hands.
" No. my dear; my credit is yet nim-
paired. and business is looking up"
" IOn can tmean to say. dear, that your
old pain in the head has come back?"
No."
You haven't had to pay the note for
your brother Joseph?'
No"
"Hve you-now tell me Alexander
Bdlack, have you had another attack of
verJigo?
Mo-
Has your cashier broken his Murphy
pie ge ?"
No"
Now know-t expected i'll knew
it all the time-1 felt sure it would be so,
Mr. Dehonair has asked you for Sierra
phnr ~
q" No nothing of the kind"
Then tell me. without wniting anoth-
er minute, what has happened; can't
bear it let me know the worst"
Well that breeclles button that told
you about has got tired of hanging on by
one thread and here it is"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

A TERRIBLE WITNESS. The WatchW0rd
gives the following account of Il recenr
death, by dellrium tremens. of talented
young man in the state of New York:
He haI been an earnest laborer in the
temperance cause and had strven to
btni>h the traffic as q means of protection
to himself, and others, like himself, easily
subject to temptation. But his effort wa
unavailing; twenty free holders, some of
them members of the church, to which he
belonged, signed n petition for license, and
it was granted. The trap being thus Set,
the young man, against his better resolves
fell into it. Rapidly he went down, until
drlrum Frustrated him on bed of death
tAbout half an hour before he died, reas n
returned, and he was calm. His pastor
stood by his bed side lie said " Pastor
you know how it is with me | have
tried to he sober and lead Christian life
have failed. My appetite was too strong
the temptation was too great, There is
no hope now. am dying and going to
hell. But have one request to make of
you. want you to get copy Of the
names of those members of our church
who signed perition for license to be,
given to that traffic which has been my
destroyer, and place it on my breast,
when am put into my coffin; for wish
to offer it ut the judgment seat of Christ,
us one reason why am lost In few
moments the Young man died.
Would it not be well for all who in any
way encourage the wicked traffic, to think
of that young man, and the thousands of
others like him, some of whom may be
witnesses against them?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

Turning the leaves IN an lille way
vi BOOK that was skim ming the other day,
lou d line at the end OF a soug,
which Keeps on haunting me, all day long,
Win It's sweet and mournful melody
love my love, had you loved but mel"
Sadder a burden could never be
Than love, my love, had you loved but merr
Few words and simple, but how much
The singer has told in that little tnuchl
How hard story of chances lost;
Of bright hopes blighted and true love crossed
Is heard III the whispered melody,
- U love- nv love, had you loved but mel"
10 many sorrow the key may be
rhat" "love, my love, had you loved but mep'
Idont believe in what poets have said
Ofhearts that are broken and lives that are dead.
Lives well ordered will stand tn their course,
And hearts of true metal ring little the worse,
But they vibrate still to that melody,
love, my love, had you Lowell but me-"
Ny life is well, but what would it be,
sweet love, my love, had you loved but met,
The world rolls on, and the years roll by,
Day dreams vanish and memories die;
But it suiges up with restless pain,
That fond, lost longing over again,
Breathed in the passionate melody,
" love, my love, had you loved but mel"
1t might have been, but it cannot bel
Yet, love, nv love had You loved but mel"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

WATCH THE CHILDREN's FEET.-The
following advice from the New York
Eren:H1 Post is very important. Lei
every mother remsn ber it:
Lifelong discomfort and sudden death
often come to children through the mat
tention or carelessness of the parents. A
child should never be allowed 10 90 t.
sleep with cold feet; the thing to be last
attended to is To see that the feet are drv
and warm. Neglect of this has often re-
suited in dangerous attack of Group
dlphtheria or fatal sore throat. Always
on coming from school, on entering the
house from visit or errand in rainy.
muddy or thawy weather. the child should
remove its shoes, and the mother should
herself ascertain whether the stockings
are the least damp. If they are they
SHOULD be taken of, the feet held before
the fire and rubbed with the hands TIL
perfectly dry, and another pair of stock
ings and another pair of shoes put on
The reserve shoes aud stockings should be-
Kept where they are good and dry, 50 a.
to be ready for use on minute notice.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04
VOL. XXXV.

the images itpresents. daily attracts many
spectators, especially peasants who have
come to the city. In the first gallery an
nigel, holding bell in his hand, strikes
he hours; higher up a skeleton also strikes
he hours, and four figures, which move
around him, and which represents the
'our periods of human life. childhood.
youth, manhood and age. indicate the four
quarters of the hour. Daily he advances
from niche under the first gallery, the
symbolic god of the day-ApolIo on Sun
day, Diana on Monday, etc. In the high.
est niche of the work, when the clock
strikes twelve, the apostles move in pro-
cession around the Savior and, on the
point of 4 little steeple, built for the
weights, stately cock flaps his wings,
stretches his neck, opens his bill, and, to
the great amusement of the gaping Spec
tators, crows his shrill kikeriki, Ike ka-re-
ke,a German word corresponding 10 cock
ardoodle-doo) which resounus through the
entire structure.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

INDIAN ELEPHANTs.-Mr Sanderson.
the author of "Thirreen Years Among the
Wild Beasts of India" gives some verv
interesting statements about elephants; and
US he WAS engaged for several years in
capturing the animals. 1t is presumed his
statements are facts, although he differs
from other writers. With regard to Sir
Edward Tennent's story about an elephant
that leaped over a barricade fifteen feet
high, Mr.. Sanderson. says that the animal
cannot take its four feet off the ground ut
he slme moment, and can neither canter,
g,llop nor trot. The elephant, he says. is
often stupid animal, but he is obedient
gentle and patient. How long the wild
elephant lives is uncertain; but Mr.. Sander
son thinks it attains to at least $50 years
Much eXaggeration is current with regard
to the animals height; the largest seen by
the author measured 9 feet 10 inches a.
The shoulder and yet there have been
stories of Indian elephants measuring
from II to 90 feet high Twice round an
elephants foot is said to be his height. and
generally this measurement is exact. The
price of elephants has enormously ncreas-
ed of late years An elephant which costs
the government 5000 to capture, would
bring over $3.50 in the market.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

Little by little the time goes by
Short ifyou snig through 1t, long If you sigh !;
Little by httle-an hour, day,
tome with the years that ha We vanished away
Little by little the race is run,
Trouble, and waiting, aud toll are donei
Little by little the skies grow clear
Little by little the sun comes near;
Lillle Ly little the days smile out
Gladder and brighter on pain and doubt;
Lutte by little the seed we SOW
Into a beautiful yield will grow.
Little by little the world grows strong,
Fighting tie battle of right and wrong;
Little by little The wrong gives way,
Little by little the right has sway;
Little by little all longing souls
Struggle up nearer the shining goals
Little by little the good in men
Blossoms to beauty Tor human ken;
Little by little the angels see
Prophecies better OF good to be;
Little by title the God of all
Lifts the world nearer his pleading cali
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

BISMARCK AT HOME.-Hr lives general
y al the Rtdzwil palace, which has lately
been purchased by the German govern
ment, and added to the old foreign office
next door. At the back is Il large garden,
called here IL park, and originally cut
off from the Tier Garten, or Buis de Bon
lugne of Berlin. 1t is surrounded by high
walls, and the great chancellor, when he
walks there, is carefully watched over BY
the police, and protected by his now eel,
pbrated dog, large, smooth, black boar,
hound, which has succeeded the famous
- Sulan," who was poisoned by the social
democrats. The prince hardly ever ven
lures into the streets of Berlin, and indeed
comes to the capital us liLlle as possible
In conversation his manner is frank and
cordial; he talks of English hooks as one
who has read most of them; and he seems
to be possessed of thoroughly Y encyco-
pHdiac mind. No hing indeed is too
small for it; and his fund of knowledge i,
constantly increased by the information he
obtains from his secret police, who, am
told furnish him daily with the mos
minute details concerning the lives of tho,r
around him. II is his habit after dinner
to stroll upon the terrace at the back Of
his palace, and to puff volumes Of smoke
from an enormous china pipe with IL long
cherry stick stem 10 not know whether
HE two sons are possessed of any of his
intellectual powers; but they have inner
tied, at any rate, their fathers vigorou.
and massive frame.-L0ndon World.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

WAKED UP THE FORT A month be.
fore the bombarlment of Fort Fisher be-
gan, the celebrated powder explo,iun oc
CURED, which was intended to blow dow n
his ,1lid earthwork, mile in extent
wia!t ssaty feet traverses every few yards
Its ridiculous failure is we'll remembered.
That night after the explosion of the pow.
der ship some of our pickets on the beacl
were captured and carried on board tn,
Admral's ship. Among them was very
solemn looking fellow who sat silent /,
and stdly chewing tobacco. AS there wa,
intense curiosity among the officers of thu
fleet to know the result of the remarkable
experiment. one of them asked the solemn
looking Reb " if he was in the fort when
the powder ship exploded; to which h,
replied in the affirmative but without
exhibiting the least interest in the matter
whereupon the officers gathered around
him and began to ask questions:
You say you were inside the fort9"
Yaas, was thar
"What was the effect of the explosion p
Mighty bad. sir-powerful bad.n
We'll, what was it? Speak out, damn
your eyes"
" Why, stranger, it walked up pretty
nigh every man in the fortn'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

The moon never leaves our globe. there
'ore II Is called our satellite. Though 10
MS II appears larger than the stars. il is
really smaller than any of them, but much
nearer TO Us.
In China parents do not call their girls
any given names. but by numbers, |, 2.3.
ana so on In that country young man
aoesn always look out for No l." with
"ut she's good looking.-Turaers FaHs
r, porter.
Little fouryear-old Mary complained to
mamma hat her buttoL shoes were hurt-
ing. Why. Matte, you've put them on
the wrong feet Puzzled and reulv to
cry, she mft'le answer: What'n | do,
mamma? They's all the feet I've got.n
We have seen considerable muddled
English in our time, but the following
which we find in an exchange, seems {,
MS entitled to the palm: " If the gentle-
man who keeps the shoe shop with the red
heal will return the um brela of be Young
lady with the whalebOne ribs and AN ir,
handle TO the slate-roofed grocers' shop. he
will hear of something to his advantage,
its the same is the gift of deceased moth
er now no more, with the name engraved
upon it.-ErghdRge.
Teach your daughters and YOUR sons
alike, next o honor, next to the love of
home. to love their country. Then, when
her need comes, if come it must, in any
struggle, her honor will be as their own.
and life itself will not be too dear to offer
for her sake. Who that remembers n
battle, a brother, husband or son sacrificed;
who that ever saw Il soldier die or stood in
any silent city of the country's slain, Or in
II churchyard where the village heroes
rest, can ever make our country seem
again vague or visionary thing?-Aary
Clemmer.
FILE YOUR LOCAL PApER-The follow
ing clipped from an exchange, expresses
I'm idea well worthy of attention: at is
well worth while to save your home paper
and have it bound. A few years will make
ii the most entertaining and instructive
volume that you can possess. All the laws
of association make il more or less of q
history of yourself and friends. Names,
dates and facts are preserved for YOU in
he most accessible manner; over it YOU
may cry at your mistakes and langh at
your foIles. and rejoice in review of
tno~e steps that have led you to pros sperity.
1t gives the history of Your town, which
Is but an epitome OF universal history
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

SOME SPUNkY BIRDs.-Our cats name
is Tige 1t is short for Tigridia. He is
spotted and marked like the elegant Tigri-
dia blossom.
We used to call him Nimrod, he was
such " mighty hunter. " The neighbors
used to borrow him when their ratitica-
tion meetings grew so noisy us to need q
moderator. Sometimes Maria would come
over from Mrs. Ems, and ring the bell
and say, " Is Tige at homeo There's
mice"
And Mrs. Aitch would say. " Can Tige
spend the night with us? we've rats"
And the next day they would say.
" Much oblged,-he's cleaned them all
out "
But Tige is a changed and humble cat; =;
he is conquered cat, and conquered by
IL pair of old robins!
They began to nest in the apple tree in
our back yard. Tige smiled, for Tige, in
his way. is very fond OF birds-especially
at his breakfast time. He let them get
heir lest well under way and then he
went for them. He crept up the tree, lay
across the nest, land waited.
The robins came, and our hitherto in
vincible Tige found his Waterloo.
They picked his eyes, they picked his
nose, they picked the top of his elegant
head. Out of the tree he scrambled and
fell, and they swooped down upon him
and with their claws they pulled out
great punches of the handsome fur Of his
handsome back. He ran for the house,
and they followed him to the very thresh-
old. Then they filed the air with their
angry opinions. They scolded. defed
and threatened, d,-and Tige gave in.
Now those robins hop close to our back
door. and look saucily into our back win
dows. They are feeding the fedglings
now. Tige sees the dainty morsels ol
their long slender necks s-and walks away
He has given up the back yard to them
while he goes in and out the front way
and lies in the parlor, on his scarlet da
mask cushIon,-a Conquered Cat!-Mrs
". B. O. Slade, in Wide A,cake Jol
AaJ'tSt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

MOTHER AND SoN.-Most boys go through
a period when they have great need of pa
tient love at home. They are awkwar |
and clumsy, sometimes strangely wlful
and perverse, and they are desperately
conscious of themselves, and very sensitive
to the least word of censure or effort al
restraint Authority fres them, They
are leaving childhood, but they have not
yet reached the sober good sense of MAN.
hood. Thy are an easy prey to the
tenn pter and the sophist. Perhaps they
adopt skeptical views from sheer desire to
prove that they are independent, and can
do their own thinking.
Now is the mothers hour. Her boy
needs her now more than when he lay in
the cradle Her finer insight and serener
faith may hold him flst, and prevent his
drifting into dangerous courses. At all
events, there is very much that only Il
mother can do for her son, and that q son
can receive only from his mother, in the
critical period of which we are thinking
1t is well for him, if she has kept the fresh,
ness and brightness of her youth, SO that
she Can now be his companion and friend
rs well as mentor. 1t is good thing for
ii boy to be proud of his mother; to feel
compliment when he introduces her to
his comrades, knowing that they cannot
help seeing what pretty woman she is,
so graceful, winsome and attractive
There is always hope for a boy when he
admires his mother, and mothers should
care to be admirable in the eyes of their
sons. Not merely to possess characters
which are worthy of respect. but to be
beautiful and charming, as far assthey CO n,
in person and appearance. The neat dress,
the becoming ribbon, and smooth hair are
all worth thinking about, when regarded
as means of retaining influence over soul,
when the world is spreading lures for it
on every side.
Above all things. mothers need faith.
Genuine. hearty, loving trust in God, life
of meek. glad acquiescence in His will
lived daily through years in presence OF
sons. is an immense power. They can
never get away from the sweet memory
that Christ was their mothers friend
There is reality in that, which no false
reasoning can persuade them to regard us
fgment of the imagination.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

How TO GET A CINDER OUT OF THE
EYE.-Having caught cinder in the ey e,
it is possible that, by remaining quiet a
while. it may be dissolved by the tears and
vanish; or we may promote the flow OF
tears by attempting to open the eye now
and then, and cause the cnder 10 be car
ried off by them. We may also help the
flow of tears by seizing the edge Of the
npper lid, drawing it away from the eye
ball. and at the same time blowing the
nose smartly; or we may pull the upper
lid down over the edge Of the lower, and
thrusting the latter up beneath it, make
the lower eye-lashes do service as a room
in brushing away the offending substance.
If these expedepts fail we have sure
one in turning over the upper lid and
wiping off the cinder. This is easily done
by travelling companion. Take II pencil
case for fulcrum. place 1t parallel with
he edge of the upper lid, about half an
inch above it; then with the thumb and
fprefnger of the other hand seize the up
per Id firmly by the eye-lashes and free
edge, and direct the person to look down,
and the moment the eyeball rolls down
ward turn the lid quickly up over the pen
Gil. Do not wipe the delicate surface Of
the eyerted lid with the handkerchief
more than is necessary. First find tile
situation Of the ofending substance -
which possibly may be so small rs 10 be
almost invisible; then remove it with the
finger or point Of the pencil, or with the
handkerchief turned over the end of the
finger. The cinder will generally be found
nj about the middle of the upper lid, NOT
far back from the edge. In case the for
eign body sticks on the ball of the eye in
front of the pupil, it may be wiped of
with a bit Of paper twisted to point, oil
possibly by bit of soft pine wood (say
the free end of common friction match)
If however, it does not come off easily
surgical aid must be sought, as great harm
NAV be done the transparent point OF the
eve by the use Of sharp instruments II
inexperienced hands.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

Vision under water is attended with
some peculiar consequences-the result of
what is termed - internal reflection. An
eye placed under perfectly still wafer, AS
for instance, the eye of u diver, will see
external objec only through a circular
tperture, as it were, of 960 50 min. 20 sec
in diameter over head. But all objects
down TO the horizon will be visible in this
space-those near the horizon being much
distorted and contracted in dimensions.
especially in hight Beyond the limits OF
this circle will be seen the bottom of the
water, and all subaqueous objects reflected
and rs vividly depicted as by direct vision
and, in addition, the circular space above
mentioned will appear surrounded with
rainbow of faint but delicate colors. In
he eyes Of fishes. the humors being near
ly of the refractive density of the medium
in which they live, the action of bringing
the rays to focus on the retina is almost
entirely performed by the crystalline lens,
which is nearly spherical, and of small
ra'lius in comparison with the whole di-
ameter of the eye.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

WELL ANSWERED." Have you ever
been in prison? ?' asked u lawyer of a
witness, whom he was disposed to badger
and bully, as the profession are apt to do.
Yes, sir"
When?'
"In 1868"
=" Where?"
eat Andersonville!"
There was momentary pause for
breath, and then a round of applause that
shook the court room. That lawyer felt,
all the rest of the day. as if an inch and a
half hose attached to street hydrant was
plaving to the tune of the Rogue S
March " up and down his spinal column.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

A subscriber wrote to journal TO make
some inquiries about the next world s fair.
whereupon the wicked editor replied that
he was under the impression that the
next world wouldn't have any fair.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

Some years ago q cobbler, given to
drinking, went, after copious libations. to
procure more beer in champagne bottle.
and somehow contrived to Jam the bottom
Of the bottle on an iron spike, and break
it,, He then placed the bottle accidentally
upright. but in such position that flies
could creep under the base of it, and next
morning discovered that the bottle was
full of them, many lying drowned in the
residue of the unspilled lager. A little
observation enabled him to see that flies
always ascend to get out of confinement.
md do not seem to have any idea of get
ting out by a contrary course. He ulti-
mate y took out patent for glass fly
catcher on this principle, and it will be OBJ
served that the wire catcher, now so sue
cessful, is merely an adaptation of the
same principle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-04

II is the confession of widower who
had been thrice married, that the first wife
cures a mans romance, the second teaches
him humility, and the third makes him a
philosopher.