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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

THE LAST OF THE kEELY MoToR.-The
Phiiadelphi Times sums up, in few
words, the final winding up of the affairs
of that most audacious humbug, the
"Keely motor" The inventor, so-called,
claimed that he could develop power in
connection with a small keg Of water that
would drive u large sized steamship across
the Atlantic ut II cost Of few cents day,
and that all our methods of river and land
locomotion were to be changed by this
wonderful discovery. Thousands of per-
sons believed his cxtravagant assertions,
and, as " the fools are not all dead" many
took stock in the company formed for its
development, of course with total loss of
their investments. Now that the final
collapse has come, the facts elected are
that the liabilities of the concern are less
than $500, but Sl50,000 of the money of
the stockholders has been subscribed and
paid out for useless machinery, and over II
million and II half has changed hands in
the rise and fall of its stocks. There
were 2O,0OJ shares of par value of 800
each issued These sold ut first for $50
per share, bat the scheme was so skilfully
manipulated that they frequently changed
hands at $500 per share. Now they are
without value, and could not be sold for II
cent, even if offered in lots to suit custom
ers of small means.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

SHOOTING LOGS Down TUE SIERRA
The Truckee Rcpubljcan, describing the
mode of getting out logs in the mountains,
says: "A chute is laid from the river S
brink up the steep mountain to the rail
road, and while we are telling it the mon
sler logs are rushing, laundering, flying,
leapng down the declivity. They come
with the speed OF II thunderbolt, and with
somewhat Of its roar, Il track of fire and
smoke following them; fire struck out by
their friction with the chute-l0gs. They
descend the LOO feet Of the chute in II
seconds. In doing so, they drop 700 feet
ptrpcndicularly. They strike the deep
water of the pond with report that can
be heard Il mile distant Logs fired from u
cannon could scarcely have greater veloc-
ity than they have at the foot of the chute.
Their average velocity is ovor 100 feet in
Il second, throughout the entire distance,
and ut the instant they leap from the
mouth their speed must be fully 200 feet per
second. y sugar pine log sometimes weighs
ten tons. What mssile How the water
is dashed into the air! Like grand
plume of diamonds and rainbows, the
feathery spray is hurled into the air to the
height Of 200 feet. 1t forms the grandest
fountain ever beheld! Row the waters of
the pond foam and scche and lash against
the shore! One log having spent its force
by its mad plunge into the deep waters
has Iloatel SO us to be at right angles with
thn path of the descending monsters
The mouth Of the chnte is perhaps fifteen
feet above the slriacc Of the water. A
huge log hurled from the chute clcaves the
air and alights on the floating log. You
know how bullet glances-but can you
imagine saw log glancing? The end
strikes with II heavy shock, but glides
quickly past for short distance, then
with crash like the reverberation of artil-
lery, the falling log springs $50 feet verti-
cally into the air, and with curve like a
rocket, falls into the pond seventy yards
from the log it struck.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

BRtEFLErs.- Idleness is many-gathered
miseries in II single name.
Life is pendulum swinging between II
smile and u tear.
Ideness is hunger's mother, and of theft
its full brother.
No man can lie provident as TO time who
is not careful as to company.
One bell serves parish, and one helpful
hand serves many n cause.
knowledge and timber should not be
much used until they are seasoned.
In this theatre of mans life it is 70
served only for God and angels to be
lockers on.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
At NItsIITFAI.I..

At NIGIITFALL
Coming along by the meadows,
just after the sun went down,
Watching the gathering shadows
Creep over the hilsdes brown.
Coming along in the cleaning,
With never n star in the sky,
My thoughts went roaming, a-roaming,
Through days that are long gone by,
Days when desire said, " To.morrow,
Tomorrow, heart, Wen be gayl"
Days ere the heart heard the sorrow
Which echoes through yesterday.
Life was goblet Furnished.
That with love for wine was filled;
The cup is bruised an1 tarnished.
Aud the precious wine is spilled,
But to the traveller weary.
just coming in sight of home,
What does it matter how dreary
The way whereby he has come?
Coming along by the meadows,
And watching the fading day,
Duskier than nights dusky shadows
Fan shadows of yesterday.
In the northern sunset glmmcr,
The great bear opened his eyes;
Low in the east simmer.
Showed whore the full moon would rise :?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

YANKEES CONTROLLING THE ENGLISH
MARKET first American shipment
of honey to England, eighty tons in one
ship, arrived there in good condition on
the fifth Of this month, and the PtU Nal
GazeLte notes with some curiosity that il
was stored " by American bees themselves
into half IA million neat little glass sided
boxes" " There seems to be no limit,
says the Gdgeitc, " to the provisions with
which America is prepared to supply US
The first experiment of bringing honey
in the comb, on Il large scale, to Europe
from America having proved successful
it will no doubt be repeated. Honey will
even perhaps become with us, as it was
with the ancients, IN important article Of
food
Colonel I. w. lligginson says that the
feeling in England toward America is the
feeling of unwilling respect toward a pow
crful competitor; and that American
hreadstuifs are making light the work Of
English millers, and American machinery
and inventions are steadily advancing in
the English market. Mr. Chamberlain,
NJ. P, told II friend of Colonel IIigginson
" formerly we sent screws from Birming.
ham to America to tho extent of tens OF
thousand pounds annually, Now Ameri.
can screws undersell us in the Birming
ham market.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

The Scientific american says that good
cement for fork and knife handles may be
made of one pound OF rosin and one-half
pound of powdered sulphur melted togeth-
er. anl about twelve ounces Of fine sand
mixed in Use while warm. knife and
fork handles should never be put into hot
! water.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

UERRMAN AND HIS FORTY Trunks
An amusing scene took place on the recent
arrival in New York from Europe of the
magician Herman. When his trunks
" of which" says Mr.. Herman, 81 have
got over forty were brought before the
customs inspectors, and one after the
other of them opened rapidly and found to
contain nothing, the inspector looked al
Herman curiously, placed the chalk mark
upon the trunk and passed it, and waited
for another, which, upon being opened
was found to be, like the others empty
This continued until the entire lot of forty
had been passed. Then the inspector
asked Mr.. Herman, Where are your
clothes?' and was answered by the re.
mark, have none except what is con-
tanned in this small valise," at the same
time produning Il travelling bag Of ordinary
size, which he unlocked and began t.
empty of its contents. Tins, cameras
cards, dice, clothes, false heads, wigs, and
thousands of other articles, sufficient to
fill all The trunks, were then laid upon the
vessels deck, TO the surprise of all on
board. 1t soon became known who Herr
man was and all passed pleasantly after
ward,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

A bare-footed darkcy while hoeing cot
ton one day, saw his big toe under q clod
and, thinking it was moe's head, hit it
and hurt himself After working with it
for a while he got tired, set his foot on II
stump and said: "Well, jes piin away
now; | doesn't care, yon hurts yeself
wusin ye do me"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

MISTLETOE GATHERING IN NORMANDY
1t once happened to two American wan
derers to spend Christmas in an old Frencl
chateau
We reached the grand old chateau, sc
venerable and iyy-grown, six weeks be-
fore Christmas. Thus we were in time tC
see the curious and interesting harvest
which is collected every year, about the
end Of November. This is the gathering
of the misiletoe, which grows abundantly
in the apple orchards Of Normandy, and
is sent thence in great quantities to London
and New York, though chiefly to the
former city. For New York the mistle
toe is gathered near the end of November
for London, it is harvested Il few days be.
fore Christmas.
Before Christmas, and when the apples
have been gathered and carried to the ci-
der presses, or stored away in "caUeS, ~ as
the French call their cellars, all the peas.
ant children of the neighborhood, and poor
people from the towns, come out to the
mistetoe harvest. They are hired by the
farmers for II few cents IL day, and they
gladly come with huge baskets, and with
little donkey carts rot much larger than
wheel -barrows), called charrehcs. These
are piled so high with the harvested para
site that they look like miniature hay-carts
going home to he farmers barn.
Little Jeanne Duval came up to the
chateau from Mare BrisG's orchard, hav-
ing heard the foreign lady say that she
wished to see the hargesters at work.
VIII you tell the lady who talks like a
baby that have come to show her the
way to the orchard?" she said to Eliza,
the femme de chdmJre. The lady whose
American French seemed so baby-like to
the patois-speaking child, rode along the
broad highway, regarding the demure lit
tie maiden by her side more than the beau
tiful world about her, all silver. gray and
tawny- gold. olve-grecn and crimson in
its glorious autumnal dress. Little Jeanne
wore course gray woolen petticoat
reaching to her ankles, and beneath this
were so many other short, full-gathered
petticoats that her skirts stood out us if
She were "making u cheese as the chill
drcn say. She wore coarse stockings and
sa6ots, or wooden shoes, that seemed as if
they had been cut from solid chunks of
wood Her loose black jacket reached
lust below her waist and her head was
covered with II white cotton cap, very like
a night cap, in which. rs the lady said to
herself, she looked Ikea little old woman
cut short. "-a Nicholas for December.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

Let me tell you of an amusing device by
which you eau conceal a present, II Christ
mas gift in II " Treasure Loaf" Take u
well-browned loaf of bread, and with a
sharp knife cut deep vertical incsion of
Il square shape; work the knife under until
you can lift off the piece entire and then
you can scrape out all the soft part of the
loaf When the crumb is all taken out,
wrap upyour gift in soft paper and put it
into the hollow loaf, aud scrape off the
crumbs alhering to the lid; then place 1t
in the cut. and flsten it with flour paste.
Put the loaf in the oven long enough to
brown over the joined surfaces, and no
one will suspect that tho loaf has been
touched; and it can safely be sent to any
one us n Christmas gift and not until the
knife slips through the outer crust will its
recipient have IN inklng of its contents.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

A SAUCY DOG IN TIE PULPIr.-When
Sturgeon WAS still almost lad, SAYS the
Loudon Echo, he was sent down to preach
for an aged Baptist minister in the country.
On his arrival, the old man looked ut him as
if he expected the world TO come to an end
by the mere force of the boys impudence; ;
and. instead of giving the accustomed
greeting, walked up and down muttering
loud enough to be heard, Tut, tut, is it
come to this boys for pulpits! children to
preach. babies to preach " Mr.. Spurgeon
too mnttered to himself but not loud
enough to be heard, You shall pay for
this, old boy So next morning he chose
for his first lesson the sixteenth chapter of
proverbs, and read until he came to
the verse, " A hoary head is crown of
glory Looking up with an air of surprise,
he exclaimed, to the astonishment of the
orthodox congregation. Soomon's wrong
there. Some honry heads can't be civil to
u boy who comes to preach for them
RudenesS gives no crown of glory" Then,
returning TO the book, he added with dra-
matte surprise, oh see. Solomon's
right after all, for rudGness even to Il lad
who breaches for YOU is not the way of
righteousness" The old man was capable
of bearing ajoke even from the pulpit and
when the sermon was over, ran up the
stairs and, ,slapping the boy preacher on the
back, exclaimed with delight, " Thee 'rt
the sauciest dog that ever barked in pull
pitm
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

a New York modiste has written
pamphlet on the Art of Dressing" That
isn't the book the times demand. What
the young men who come home at 2:l5 A.
NJ want is lucid instructions in the art of
undressing. And if such work could be
supplemented with few hints on practi-
cal methods of Distinguishing the foot of
the bed from the end where the pillows
are, it would have I'M immense sale,-
BatriinGtOR Hu2ckeue,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18

Not the surf-bea'en rock, that lines the
shore of the ocean, stands half so firmly
as the truth. 1t will live and flourish, and
will still be truth, when all its opposers
have perished, and every rock rolled from
its bed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18
The most notorious girl of the period is

" have a theory about the dead Ian
giages," said new student. " What is
ll?" asked the professor. That they
were killed 10y being studied too hard.n
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01

A young barber named George W.
Burleigh arrived IN Caprou, ILL.,, Oh
the I'd day of May last. and opened
a shop there. On the 21st Of July no.
uces were posted up about town 81 gned
by Bur|e'gh, and announcing that
on the evening of the 23d he would
read an address justifyiog suicid and
that at its close he would commit sui
eide by shooting himself through the
forehead. On the evening named he
acted as door-keeper, charging one dol
lar for admission, and allowing no
children to enter Meanwhile a
couple of stout citizens had secreted
themselves in a small side room that
opened near the speakers stand, and
intended to allow Bur1tigh to proceed
with his lecture, but to prevent him
from committing suicide at its close.
The lecture occupied one hour and ten
minutes, and was delivered with much
e'cquence Suddenly, before anybody
was aware that his lecture was fin,
'shed, he drew pistol, placed it at his
forehead and fred, tearing his skull te
atoms. He had probably learned thai
an attempt would be made to prevent
the tragedy, and he had determined
to carry it out.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01
From c. Hays.

Two Rivers, July 3oth, 1878.
Editor of the Transcripts:
I do not wish to occupy much Of
your valuable space in reply to A. J.
C.'s slang and abuse printed IN his pa
per, nor have I the will to descend in
to any such controversy. AS to vot-
ing for him in the convention last fall,
T refer to Jas. and W. T. Lambert, L.
Farnham, r. L. Trask, Matthias Klein
and others. Al. G. charges me- with
selling him cut for bottle of whiskey,
when all who know me know that
neither at that time nor since then
have I used any liquor. When he
abuses me and my friends he only in
jures himself, for no one believes any
Of the slanderous articles he publishes.
I could, perhaps, bring one serious
charge against him, but I drop all and
forgive BIN al, and will strive to ever
walk ia the right path.
CAr,HnG1N HAYS.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01
A*young man of Duluth, named Ja>

young man of Duluth, named ia
cob, went down to ST. Paul TO get
married on. Monday last. The object
of his affections, " no resides in Nicol>
let county, met him. according to app
pointment, and the happy couple went
insearch Of a minister An accom>
modating stranger, Of. whom they ius
quired for, a minister, took them to
the "Alhambra, ~ place of bad repute,
andintroduced them TO q ,sanctimonious
looking gentleman, who was represents
ed as being a minister. "A marriage
ceremony vas performed and the bride,
groom was charged three. dollars,
which he cheerfally paid. After leay>
ins the place he became convinced
that the whole thing was a fraud, and
by the aid ola policeman returned
and recovered the three dollars. He
thanked the police profusely, and de-
clared he would return to Duluth at
once to be married there was too
much sin in. St. Paul for him.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01
Shot 1910 per ID, at ::
L. WORTHINGTON & Co. S

Pioneer Press, July 20.
Mr.. Robert Jordan, residing at No.
II Valley street, had narrow escape
from death last evening. He was en-
gagged in repairing his cistern, for
which purpose he went down, and very
stupidity took with him a pot of burns
ing charcoal. lie had not been at
work long before the very natural re-
suit 1llowed-the fumes of the burn.
ing coal Frustrated him, and his earthly
fate would have been sealed had it not
been for the timely e2ertions of a
young man named Armbuster, who
managed to drag: Jordan up tho lad
der tothe mouth Of the cistern, which
is in the open air. Here he was held
until further assistance was rendered
available, after which he was extricat>
ed. For a time after he was brought
10 terra frma, Jordan was delirious
and eH>nigh frantic, after which he
relapsed into insensibi'ity. DR.. Ha>
gan was promptly summoned, restora~
tives were applied, consciousness was
restored, and in an hour or two ali
danger was over. Considerable ex>
element was caused in the neigh
borhood, and general salts faction was
felt when it was announced that the
crisis was safely passed, but Robert
had close call.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01
E. E. L. on Tattlers.

80. NJ. Rich Prairie, July Is, 1873.
Editor OF the Transcript: =. ls>..: ~,
I hate tattlers and I don't care who
knows it: Ifthe scheme of creation
had not ineluded them, I should never
have shed tear about it. They grow
fat on the failings Of other people when
they might easily tip che scales at
three hundred on. their own failines.
Our communities abound in tattlers,
and they make more trouble iathe world
than small pox and measles, and mos
quitoes thrown in. AS soon as Mr. A.
says something a little against Mr.. B..
your miserable tattler starts out and
tells it to Mr.. B: with variations. He
feels as if Mr.. B. ought to know about
1t. Then Mr.. B. says something SCI
we're about Mr.. A., and the delighted
tattler runs back and tells him about it,
and the thing results in a lifelong
feud, involving half dozen other par
tics who are foolish enough to take
sides. 1t is good rule for every one
to make, never to listen to any one
who comes to tell you the evil
some one has SAID of you. No person
can be sincerely your friend who comes
to y"u with the idle tales Of popular
gossip. The time spent in listening to
such things is worse than lost. You
had better be reading last years alma>
oac, and finding out where the sign
was year ago. When you make up
your mind to have nothing to do with
tattlers they will not trouble you, but
but if you listen to them they will keep
you in constant turmoil.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01
NsW York, July 25.-The1 attempt

+. Nav York, July 25.-The attempt
Of Robert Russell, the, champion diver,
to walk 8 miles 10 5 hours under wa>
.tter, took place on Long Island Sound
yesterday, at South Brother and Ri
k ( Islands Russell made the at
tempt Tor: A. wager. of: $1.0CO. >t51i At
.1l;30 q: m. he put on his diving suit,
Weighing 21o pounds: "A boat with
judges, air pump and the l;fe>line air
room, accompanied him.
q he walked six hundred feet under
water over measured course one sixth
Of mile in length, which he. had to
traverse fortyeeight times. Russell is
five feet six inches high, and weighs
one hundred and City pounds. He re-
Gently accomplished the same feat at
Bridgeport, Conn. He made the first
mile in IS minutes, which was 2 min
utes ahead. Of time, as his average
time, was 81 minutes TO- the. mile.
He finished twenty>three minutes
ahead Of time. - u:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01

Special Telegram to the Pioneer Press.
Richmond, Va.,c July Primary.
Eedill, young and comely white girl
of sixteen, was publicly whipped yes
terday by big, burly negro consta~
BILE at Elizabesh City: county court
house, for the, larceny of pair of
shoes. This punishment, the second
to be inflicted in this State, was the
result Of . statute passed by the last
Legislature, which went into operation
on the z1st Of July. The. female Gull.
.prit in this instance was stripped to
the waist: and given twenty-five ]ashes,
administered with a rawhide. IN the
hands of ara ignorant and sensual ne
gro official. This mode Of punishment
is so revolving 20 che people in this
section chat representatives will be in-
s II '' 70 vote for the repeal Of the
law. II -.1s.z#z. ...} !,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-01

Special Telegram to st. Paul Globe.
New York, July 28.-Walter A.
Shupe, editor of the Advocate and
would>be leader Of the national green
back party, was in court yesterday on
a suit brought by his Office boy to coll
lect Claim Of $211. The investiga~
ton showed tho Advocate concern to
be on very precarious foundation.
Shupe swore he was merely editor of
it, on a small salary, and owned one
share Of stock, worth S.. He would
not give the names of the parties rum
ming the paper. During the examina~
tion the following note was handed to
the counsel for the plaintiff: Don't
close Shupe's examination to-day. I
will prepare you some directions in Or
der to show his ownership of the ADJ
vocatc; that he squandered all his
wife's property years ago; that the
company is fraudulent and is only kept
up to extend his credit that the COM
pany is and has been Sbupe and he
should receive the attention of the at.
torney general: