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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

A LITTLE PLEASURE.-lIow to make
country life socially helpful and pleasant
in winter, is timely question now.
Nothing can well show much wider
contrast than the present activities in
large towns compared with life as it goes
on in isolated rural places. We think the
plan which has been adopted by some of
the oranges. TO organize Il little pleasure
in the midst of business, a very sensible
one. Innocent recreations can hardly find
better auspices than these offered. and if
something looking toward culture and
mental entertainment should be added, the
result would be still further fruitful of
good. To cur mind, there is nothing
equal to well-arranged debating club or
reading circle; and where a paper is
edited and read weekly,the interest excited
is usually as edifying rs it is salutary.
There is hardly any country district which
cannot be helped in this way, and it only
wants one or two energetic spirits who
shall take the brunt of the battle to make
any one Or all of the suggested plans
successful.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

Two VoIcEs.-" The sweetest voice /
ever heard" said Bishop, twas wo-
mans. 1t was soft and low, but pene-
trating; musical and measured in its ac-
cents, but not precise. We were on q
steamer, and she murmured some COM
mon place about the scenery. l do moi
remember what she said, but can never
forget the exquisitely tender musical
voice." "The sweetest voice l ever
heard" replied the professor, twas o
mans. had been out fishing nearly all
day, and got back to the hotel about
o'clock. The man came out on the front
stoop, opened his mouth like sea cavern
and roared, Din-NUR !! !! y till it soured
the milk in the cellar. l have heard Other
voices since" But Bishop, with look
of intense disgust all over his face, hat
walked away out of hearing, and was
lighting fresh cigar for himself.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

THE IRISH SHARK FISHERIES. The
west coast of Ireland is annually visited
by large numbers of specie of shark, of
very large size, which, from their habit
of lying motionless on the surface of the
water in calm weather, have received the
name of basking shark, or sun fish. The
principal bank on which the fish collect,
and which is the chief site of industry. is
situated about thirty miles off the coast of
Galway, within sight of Achil island one
of the small islands Oft the coast-Shark
Island-has taken its name from the fact
of its having been at one time the resort
of sharks and the shark fishers. The
value of the fish lies in the quantity of oil
produced from the liver. a large shark
will weigh 9 or 10 tons, and its liver will
yield about $50 gallons of oil, worth from
f40 to EGO. The usual method Of capture
is to approach the fish, rs they float on
the surface, and harpoon them, eventually
lashing them alongside and cutting out
the liver-much in the same way as whales
are killed and their blubber cut off. I'm
less the weather changes Immediately, the
shark fishery this year will be IL blank, so
far rs Ireland is concerned, but il is more
than probable that, if fish were followed
on their northward migration by vessels
properly fitted out, new and important
industry might be opened up of the west
coast of Scotland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

CURE FOR BURNs.-A venerable pa
tient a retired foundryman, tells us that
during his apprenticehood to ship build
er of Philadelphia, he became acquainted
with n never falling remedy for burns and
scalds, and that in his subsequent foundry
life he saw innumerable such injuries re-
lieved of pain and healed as if by magic,
by powdered charcoal. The softer it is
the better, and that from pine wood is the
best, 1t is to be thickly spread over the
burned or scalded surface as soon as pos
sible, and renewed as it becomes moist or
drops off. The same patient states that in
the ship yard and in his foundry, fir bal
sam proved most soothing and rapidly
curative dressing for abrasions and cuts.
The hurts heal with marvellous expedi-
ton, and suppuration, erysipelas, ETC., are
always prevented, he says. The balsam
should be spread thickly over the wound.
No doubt the disciples of antiseptic SURGE
ry would attribute the good results of this
dressing to the disinfectant power of the
balsam, but the secret of its efficacy lies
no doubt, in its exclusion of the atmos-
phere from the wound. Nature endeavors
to keep out tho air from the wounds by
means of film of lymph or pus, or a
scab, and meddlesome men thwart nature
by frequently cleansing" the hurt, and
worse, still, with soap and water. The
balm protects the sore from air and water
and nature, unobserved, does her healing
work rapidly and well.-LouisUihe Medi-
cal Net0S.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

MEN OF GRIT.-Many life has been
lost because the left hand has been neg
lected The large majority of men DO not
use tithe of the power they possess.
Their talents are mostly in napkin.
One of the wealthest men in Wall street
to-day broke down in business few
years ago. He went into an Office whore
he was acquainted and said TO the members
of the firm that he had got no bread for
his family. I'm ready to 60 messages
for you or perform any other service. y
He hung up his coat there, and commenced
work on the lowest round of the ladder
Previously this mans check was accepted
anywhere in the street. You may be
sure that such man gradually mounted.
Over in Boston like minded man fell out
He was without bread, and soon would
be without shoes unless he wakened up
and stirred his energies. He was book.
keeper, and ut one time earned hand
some salary. What did he do? This he
did: He took u cotton hook and went
down to the wharf to load and unload
cotton ut so much an hour. Behold
another man of grit. The owners of the
cotton and the ship eyed this hero. Soon
the decree went forth. Come up higher
He resumed the quill and laid aside the
cotton hook. Discouragemcnt never weak
ened the Boston boy. Winners, will
hanging lips and chicken-hearts, who cure
their troubles with the bottle or pistol
are pitiful creatures who should never
have been born.-New York Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

LOVE IN ITS IIoLIEST GARB.-"J. Ack-
aman-Shoemaker." So reads the sign
that swings over the door of poor shanty
across the way, and have looked at the
picture of the old shoemaker and his wife,
that the sunset was sure to frame in the
low doorway, so often that missing it
brings pang, for although the sign still
swings over the door, the doorway is vacant
the picture is rubbed out. l missed tho
poor wife first. All! the sick poor! Shall l
ever forget the small, bare room, the close.
hot air, or the hard bed on which the old
wife layp So ashamed of her scanty cloth
ing; so patient in her pain and so grateful
too! think the kisses she left on our
hands after we had bathed her and laid
her between the cool, white sheets we had
brought, will keep them fair so long as
we live. my old woman has worked
very hard all her life, and am afraid she
can't get over this fever" the old husband
said to us. But she did not die. God had
something harder for her to do. On the
third day Of her convalescence we heard
that the old shoemaker had fallen victim
to the fever and had been taken to the
hospital. He never came back And
this is what God had for the old wife TO do
that was harder than dying-to live and
hear, He died last night; he will be
buried in the Potter's field to-day, and you
cannot see him because you are too feeble
to walk" Oh! if it is hard for us to give
up our dead with all the comfort of the
last word, the last look and the last cling
ing kiss, and the knowledge that the dear
form is clothed in fair garments and will
be laid away by reverent hands in oonse-
Grated ground, what must have been the
agony of that lonely old soul as she sat
with bowed head. He will be buried in
the poor field to-day, and 1 cannot see him.
Do you think they will be rough with
himP" heard her say to plying
neighbor. "Will they put him away
decentlyp Oh, if my old knees were strong
enough for me to crawl to his side, so that
l could put my hand in his once more,
think / would be more reconciled to give
him up. We have been married fifty-one
years. He always slept with my hand in
his, but last night he went to sleep with
his poor hands empty, empty! My poor,
lonesome old husband!" Yesterday the
old wife moved away. To-day the land
lord has been fixing up the old house for
new tenant. There will be other pictures
framed in the low doorway soon. shall
look at them from my window and like
them perhaps, but never so we'll as liked
the picture of the old shoemaker and his
wife that has been rubbed out by the
passing hand of death.-Neo Orleans
| Ptcdyune,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

An instrument has been invented in
France for aiding in the resuscittalon of
persons apparently drowned, or who
from any other cause have been tempora-
rily deprived of animation. II consists Of
cylinder of sheet iron large enough to
contain the body of an adult person. 1t is
closed ut one end, and the inanimate indi-
vidual is inserted feet foremost, in the
receptacle, as far as the neck, round which
there is placed padded diaphram, fasten-
ed so as to be air tight. An air pump
attached TO an opening in the tube, creates
partial vacuum, and then the outer
atmosphere, by its own pressure, forces
its way into the lungs by the mouth and
nostrils, which are left exposed. BY a
reversed action of the pump, the air is
allowed to re,enter the cylinder, and re-
spration is thereby re-established. A
glass plate inserted in the iron casting
enables the operator to watch the move
ments of the chest, which rises and falls
as in life, with the alternate working o.
the pump. That action may be repeated
eighteen times in minute, an exact
imitation of natural bneathing being thus
produced.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

ONLY CHRISTIANS John Wesley was
once troubled in regard to the disposition
of the various sects, and the chances ol
each in reference to future happiness OF
punishment. A dream one night trans.
ported him in its uncertain wanderings to
the gates of hell. "Aro there any Roman
Catholics here?" asked thoughtful Wesley
Yes" was the reply. ANY Prcsbyteri'
ans9" Yes" was again the answer
"Any CongregationalistsP" Eyes" ANY
McthodistsP" by way of a clincher, asked
the pious Wesley. "Yes," was answered
to his great indignation, In the mystic
way of dreams, II sudden transition, and
he stood at the gates of Heaven. Improv.
ing his opportunity, he again inquired
Are there any Roman Catholics here?'
NO." was replied. ANY PresbyteriansP P'
No." Any CongregationalistsP" No
"Any Methodists?" NO" "Well, then, =
he asked, lost in wonder, " who are they
insideP' Christians" was the jubilant
answer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

To YOUNG MEN.-Some old genius
gives the following elegant advice to
young men who depend on father" for
their support, and take no interest in bus
iness, but are regular drcnes in the hive,
subsisting on what is earned by others:
Come, off with your coat, clnch the
saw, the plow handles, the ak, the spade
anything that will enable you to stir your
blood. Fly around and tear your jacket,
rather than be recipient of the old mans
bounty. Rather than play the dandy at
dads expense, hire yourself out to some
potato patch, let yourself out to stop
holes, Or watch the bars, and when you
think yourself entitled to resting spell,
do it on your own hook. Get up in the
morning, turn around at least twice before
breakfast, help the old gentleman, give
him now and then lift In business, learn
how to take the lead, and not depend on
forever being led. and you have no idea
how the discipline will benefit you. DO
this, and our word for it you will seem to
breathe Il new atmosphere, possess q new
frame, tread a new destiny, and you may
begin to aspire to manhood.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

Tie ANNUAL RINGS OF TEEEs.-Does u
single zone of wood invariably indicate
the entire annual growth of Il trecp This
is II question that has not rs yet been sat
isfactorly answered. Generally speaking,
the number of concentric rings present in
Il cross section of II trunk will afford q tol-
erably correct idea of the age of that par
ticular part of the trunk from which the
section is taken. To obtain us nearly rs
possible the age of the tree, the section
mast. of course, be taken from the base of
the trunk. 1t is not easy, however, to
prove whether two or more rings are
sometimes formed in the trunk of tree
in one year, because it would be necessary
to know beforehand the exact age of the
tree, and cut the tree down to determine
the point. Several writers have given it
as their opinion that two rings are occa-
sionaly found in one year, caused by an
interruption and resumption of growth.
Some of them agree that when there are
two rings formed in one season, they are
not so sharply defined rs when there is
only one in each. Last season Mr.. i. Kny
made some observations and experiments
in England with view of obtaining some
more satisfactory and positive results than
previous writers had placed on record.
At the end of June he completely stripped
u number of young trees of their leaves,
thinking he would be able to determine
the point from their autumn shoot; but
being in nursery quarter, they made too
| little growth for the purpose. But nature
herself gave him the best opportunity.
The caterpillars of Lynlantria diSpGr
stripped large number of trees of their
foliage about the same time and many
of them made strong autumn shoots, so
that Mr.. Kny was able to determine that,
in some instances at least, u second dis
tinct ring is formed in one summer; and
these rings are as sharply defined and as
distinct from each other as the autumn
growth of one years ring and the spring
growth of succeeding years ring.
On the other hand, he observed note
worthy difference in the degree of distinct
ness in different species of tree, and in the
same tree at different heights, and even in
the same internode. Moreover, there was
q difference in the degree of distinctness
of the two rings on the upper and under
sides OF the horizontal branches OF the
line (7Elia parvjolia). Respecting the
degree of distinctness at different heights,
ii was ascertained in the branches exam
incl that there was gradual decrease in
distinctness from the younger to the older
internodes, until all traces of second
ring seem to disappear. But there is this
limitation to it. the two rings are moi
most distinctly separated in the uppermost
internode, but in the second or third from
the top. These investigations, as far as
they go seem to show that summer inter.
ruptions of growth are too brief TO atfec
the whole system of large tree, conse
quenty the number of concentric rings O
wood in the trunk of tree represent very
closely the actual age Of tree.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

WEBsTER'S EARLY CONDITIONAL man
who is not ashamed of himself need not
be ashamed of his early condition. 1t
happened to me TO be born in log cabin,
raised among the snowdrifIs of New
Hampshire at Il period SO early that when
the smoke first rose from its rude chimney
and curled over the frozen hill there was
no similar evidence of white mans hab-
itation between it and the settlements on
tho river of Canada. Its remains still eX-
ist. make it an annual visit. l carry
my children to it to teach them the hard
ships endured by the generations which
have gone before them. | love to dwell
on tender recolections, the kindred ties,
the early affections and the narration and
incidents, which mingle with all l know
of this primitive family abodc.-D1nteI
HebSter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

An infant, II prattling child dying in its
cradle, will live again in the better thoughts
of those who loved it, and will play its
part through them in the redeeming ac-
tion of the world. though its body be
burned to ashes or drowned in the deepest
sea. There is not an angel added to the
host of Heaven but does its blessed work
on earth in those that loved il here. For
gottenl nh if the good deeds of human
nature could be traced to their source,
how beautiful would even death appear;
for how much charity, mercy and purified
affection would be seen to have their
growth in dusty graves.-DickenS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

The embarrassments that attend visit
to Russia without passport were exem-
plified some time ago by the experience of
n Chinese scholar, who in his zeal for col
lectiug plants, crossed the Russian from
tier and was gobbled up by the police and
cast into prison The bewildered Celes-
tial expostulated and explained in vain
and his case was reported to the govern
ment. The Chinese authorities heard OF
his incarceration and began correspond
ence with the Russians, vouching for the
upright and innocent character of the
savant, and demanding his release; but
it was not until two years and half had
furnished him an opportunity of thorough.
ly examining the interior of a Russian
prison that he was permitted to exchange
the cell of the philosopher for the labora
tory of the man of science,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

THE CARE OF CHLDREN's HAIR.-IIow
often the soft, tlossy hair of children is
seen crimped, pinched and curled, and
nothing is SO injurious TO the ultim ate
health of the hair as this sort of treatment
Wee creatures of three or four years, and
even younger, are arrayed in curl papers
by aflectionate and admring mothers who
are bent on making the children charm
ing, and who do not stop to consider how
far they may be defeating their own ends
by the action, or how much pain they
may be inhicting on the objects of their
fond solicitude. An authority on that
subject says: Cup to the age of six or
seven, children retain what is called their
baby hair which is injured, not i'm
proved,b by cutting. In its soft and delicate
silkness it is like the first pumage of a
young bird, and is quite different from the
harsher hair which succeeds it. If the
hair curls naturally, it looks charmingly
dressed in that fashion; but putting it in
papers is sure TO injure it and pull it out
by the roots, The use Of curling irons is
still more Objectionable. Anything which
tangles and cuts the hair is bad in the
extreme, and it is to be regretted that
mothers draw so heavily upon the capital
of their children's hair instead of using
the yearly increasing interest its beauty
and value" One disastrous result arising
from the prevalent custom Of allowing the
hair to flow unconfned down the shoulders
has been in some cases diseases of the
spine or other ills of kindred nature.
This has been attributed to the heat of the
hair when it is thick, and, as the hair is q
non. conductor, the constant warmth of it
about the neck and shoulders becomes a
weakening agency that betrays itself in
some miserable form. The scalp of the
head should not be brought in contact with
very sharp comb teeth; it should be care
fully and well brushed and loosely coiled
in one of the becoming fashions that
abound at present, without being injurious
TO the growth or beauty of the hair OF
detrimental to the physical structure ir
any way.-St. Louis Times-Journat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01
Ills DAYS ARE As THE GRASS,

And shall the lily of the vale
Disdain the painted rose?
Or he be proud that she'is pale,
While he in purple grows?
Both in the glory Of their birth
Spring from the lowly ground;
A little while they bloom on earth,
And then no more are found.
A handful of brief, gusty wind
Can snatch away their breath:
Storm comes with cruel rain behind,
And they lie crushed in death;
Or if the worm about the root
BE hungry for his prey.
The promise of the kindly fruit
Drop from the stem away.
So shall tnou also drop, mani
Bethink thee, what art thou?-
Naught, though thy little NOR al span
Bc clad in purple now.
To thy fair flower the gardener saith
Short beauty shalt thou have;
Thy golden glory yanisheth.
When thou art in the grave!
"A HbrOSiuS Stub: Denmark, 1865
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

OUR FRIENDS BEYoND.-Whata are they
What are we to them? What are they
to usp Shall we know them when we get
therep There are no questions that so
deeply interest us as these. AT the same
time there are none on which we are so
ignorant. Most people think of death rs
something radical in its effects, something
that will remove all former trace of our
selves, leaving nothing of our personality.
To be Christian is to have the life, spirit
and character of Christ; and to be saint
is the same in greater completeness. The
only difference of a Christian on earth and
saint in Heaven, is one of degree. That
which makes you worthy of the love,
confidence and companionship of friends
will remain the same. What there was
which made that friend gone before dear
TO you, and which you still cherish in
memory, is what makes the friend glori-
fed saint; she is to you, save in bodily
presence, all that she ever was.
To illustrate; A member of your family
has some disease which makes it necessary
for him to seek a change of climate. He
goes to the sunny land of Italy. There he
regains his health; but, fearing to return
to this rugged climate, remains there.
What is that friend to you-savc an occa-
sional letter-more than if he were in the
beyond, and lived only in your memory
You will never see his face nor hear his
voice, and he thinks Of you us friend left
behind.
So we should think of departed ones,
Their appearance is changed; they have
celestial body" Their speech is chang
ed; they usc spiritual language. There is
a great change, but it is not like the
change of a diseased man restored to per-
feet health The change is in the perfect
restoration of the soul to state of inno-
cence and holiness, Yet in every essential
it is the same. The sunny land of Heaven
may be farther away to the senses than
the sunny land of Italy; yet Heaven is rs
real, its inhabitants are as real, in thought
feeling, form, and relation one to another
as are people familiar to each other on
earth.
THE whole family in Heaven and
earth"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-01

Johnny" said a fond mother to her
boy, which would you rather do. speak
French or SPANISH" 81 would rather, -
said Johnny, rubbing his waistband and
looking expressively at the table, II
would rather talk Turkey"
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