Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-27
Ght freeman.


Tho hank Of England now has on hand
,.lr tbir,v-tive million pounds of bullion
', r.-g.r amount than ever before in
history. This excess of capital over
is demand in this and all monetary
| --.-s. point to better times, when the
1 ,rar rates Of interest which are inevitable
10 faitkeued all general industries and
4 -.~-,rcd the demand for laber.
Glasgow minister was recently called
4 5, N see Il man who was very i'll. After
s,i.bipr his visit, as be was leaving the
--r.e, lie said to the mans wife: My
no woman. do you not 60 to any church
.q'3 "Oh, yes. sir; we gang to the
. ,-51r Kirk" Then why in the world
(! you send for me9 Why didn't you
. a1i for Dr.. MacLeodm Ma, na, deed
NJ. We wadna risk him. Do ye ken it's
l.u.erous case Of typhus?"
Tas New York Tribune wittily says:
,.,a.1c Hill is quite sure that the coun-
..g ., drifted away from its ancient
|r,.u.i0nal moorings. If Mr.. Hill takes
--e.utlrt in this belief it would be cruel
I'd ,;---e,. to him that possibly the country
safely anchored while he has floated out
,...5. |. was an encouraging thought that
....- 70 the Indian who had been wander
f,. IN the woods all night in search of his
.mIr.. when he threw himself into an
t.or:-inal attitude. thumped his breast
szI soliloqlized Indian not lost; Indian
here; wiEvan LOST,
T. Christian R5gister tells the follow
.,,..org: When Samuel was'a lad he
.a.-! the high calling, and became faith
il. lamb in the flock of good DIR. p,
a..5r Of a Congregational parish church.
LATER. Samuel went to Boston and joined
Bs,f>t church. When his old pastor
.t him there was some good natured
,.l about il. How's this, Brother Sam?
g.4c rau'ye turned Baptist" :" But my
.rr.ats and grandparents were Baptists,
1aTeveu i; ducks eggs are hatched by
ben. they will take to the water all the
a4s." And 50 will goose's!' was
Il. to.tor's answer. And Samuel, who is
now one Of the fathers, hasn't yet got over
u-Aiu- ut his own expense.
4 WIRES RIGuTS.-It is 4 great mis-
a>a :5r u husband to keep his wife in ig-
8rance Of his business affairs. In ordin-
av families it is she who regulates the
a-1. an she ought to know what is the
o4r Not long since, heard 4 young
g.t ils, in the early experience OF
l.aping, say: " How shall l know
her we are living beyond our means9
Il Of hot ttyD n
.ayaJ; and, while try to be very care
d.. Of course | might spend less on my
ale if we are getting in debt Surely
..a ought not to be blamed if the debt
anil credit accounts are not prosperous. A
.aY.ur and anxious wife suffers untold
imaginary fears, if she secs a tired or per-
ncXel expression on her husbands face
Mess She is assured of the truest conf
ieuae between them, and knows that no
.rcat concern of his is kept a secret from
-,r.
4 GEORGIA LAKE Running AWAY
.ports of the sinking condition Of the
.chtahachee lake induced a party from
Taldosta to 90 out there a few days since
!or the purpose Of catching some Of the
ish before the water was all gone. By /
o'clock Mt night two thousand trout, Dream
md spechled perch had been caught. The
TaNosta Times says that if the recent
raias DO no. stop the underhow of the
ase, in few days more the fish and wa
u. will be down in small compass, and
..n it will be hard to pull out all the fish
la. hau. Of the seine will take in. | have
uown thousands to be caught there be-
fire in one haul. and trout weighing six
,.r pounds in the lot. The Ochtahachee
q curiosity, md those who have not
seen /, in its sunken condition ought to
.T.l themselves Of this opportunity
This is the first time it has run off in five
Gears 5 r1HHnb Nslc5.
There hasn't been such a rush for the
seaside and the mountains since the panic
# .>-3 Many family goes this yeal
r the first time since that memorable
t24ncia, crash. The hotels are jammed
nsutf1catiOn, and the outside boarding
.og>es are getting more than the accus
..leI number Of visitors. 1t is not such
fashionable resorts as Newport and Sara
r-e, however. that are most feeling the
-.ase. Those who are swelling the tide
0. uirasure seekers this year 60 to cheaper
.ee>. The Delaware Water Gap, Fire
Island, Atlantic Ci'y, Nantucket, RichfielC
springs and the Thousand Islands are the
crowded spots. Houses that give plair
tce for two dollars day are more sough
,-au those setting elaborate tables anC
c4argiBr four and five dollars therefor
Iae county Is not yet far enough out o
... trrr.. .f..l tN pt q
trsyagiHce and fast living Of war anC
yu.a,war times. Yet more money is bein!
.g,nt for summer pleasure this season
than IN eight years past.
4 BIC FISH STORY Thirty years ag
tie po>t spring the writer then boy 0
.c}en years at the falls on the Oswegatchi
rrur saw muscalonge jump into boa
all knock man out of the boat into tn
ga. .ls lust below the dam. The NAL
stood up in the boat fishing with hooI
aj line baited with lish foot long
#g0wiDg the bait up rs near the falls Il
9ossible. Another man pushed the boa
uTer the very rapid stream. The boa
I'VE sudden lunge to one side, causini
Tue man suddenly TO draw the line ant
Itl. bQL OF tue WlL6t, WHICH SW uuS OhC
te boat, which by the efforts of the ma
with the tishpoe to balance himself threN
toe boat toward the up-riyer side just
.ls great fish weighing over sevent
pounds. made dive out Of the water
Glowing the bait, landed in the boat, an
with its powerful foundering motion
anocked the half frightened fisherman
who was then Il rich merchant OF Ogden:
5lrg, y. Y. into the rapid but shallo'
.lrrent of the river.-WinHedpoliS Ponce
GEOGRAPHY LEsSoN.-Greece is aboI
the size of Vermont.
Palestine is about one-fourth the size
New York.
EIinLostan is more than a hundred timt
as large rs Palestine.
The Great Desert of Africa has nearl
the present dimensions of the Unite
States.
Great Britain is about two-thirds tt
lie Of lIiudostan; one-twelfth of Chi
and one.twenty-ffth of the United State
The Red Sea would reach from Was
ington to Colorado, and it is three tim
as wide as Lake Ontario.
The English Channel is nearly as lart