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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

An UNPLEASANT ADvENruEE.-TwO
soldiers of an Anglo-Indian regiment near
Lucknow, left their encanpment to indulge
in Iath. They had II portion of jungle
to cross, and in doing so, the foot of one of
them slipped into hole. This proved TO
be nm old elephant trap, The soldier got
his foot withdrawn from the trap, though
at the cost of his shoe, which the closeness
of the branches caused to come off. On
looking down to see whittier the shoe had
gone, and if it were recoverable, he beheld
Il sight which made him shake from sheer
horror. Through the opening made by
his foot he saw an enormous boa constric-
tor, with its body cOlrd up and its head
curved, watching the opening above and
evidently prepared to dnrt on the falling
prey. Ilurrying from the spot the two
soldiers informed their officers, WHO
repaired to the trap with fire arms, The
creature WIS still there, and had most
probably remained in the place fer a long
time, preying on the unfortunate animals,
great and small, which tumbIed into his
den. Ball and swan-shot soon brought
the reptiles life to c'oSe, and it was
pulled cut of the hole 1t proved to be
fifteen feet long, and about the general
thickness of Il mans thigh.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

BATS. - Bats live their active lives in the
night; when sunlight comes they fly away
10 their holes, there to sleep until twilight
comes again, when they resume the occu'
cupalion Of insect killing. The female
bat has rather hard time Of it, as she is
the nest and the food Of her young until
they are themselves able to fly Often,
says II writer, have seen Il female bat,
with her young clinging to her breast,
flying about in search of food, and the lit
tie ones were not so small either. How
else could they grl along? The old ones
make no nest if they wanted to ever so
much they could not, and the chances are
that, fom tHcir wandering habits, they
sprud The day in one place and The next in
ano her Two or three miles distant just rs
they hcppen to be when the day ovrrlakes
them, and if they left their young behind
them, their exact locality might be forgot
ten. When the young ones are able to
shift for themselves the mothers life is
easier, md until winter comes to kill their
insect food, she lives luXuriantly. Then,
when all nature is prepared TO put on the
livery of winter. bats instead of leaving
the scenes where they have passed the
summer repair to their haunts in The
caves and walls, and hanging by thcil
hind feet, in little groups of five or six to-
gelh"r, pass the drrary season in one un-
broken sleep.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

Happiness is miserable stuff il it doesn't
cause trouble TO obtain it.-W. Il. wilkins.
/ think it must somewhere be written
that the virtues Of mothers shall ocrasion-
ally be visited upon their children. rs well
rs the sins of fatheIs.-Dickenson.
\ French writer has said that to dream
gloriously you must act gloriOusly while
you are awake; and to bring angels down
to converse with you in your sleep, YOU
must labor in the cause OF virtue during
the day,
Let not any one say he cannot govern
his passions, nor hinder them from break
ing out and carrying him into action; for
what he can do before II prince or great
man, he can do alone. or in the presence
of God, if he will.
A good conscience is better than two
witnesses. 1t will consume your grief as
the sun dissolves ice. 1t is Il spring, when
you are thirsty; staff, when you nre
weary; a screen. when the sun burns you.
and pillow in death.
So certain is the crime of listening 10
carry its own pun shment that there is no
lN'lultN plOnlDlllul HSitlHol II VIC tlG Cblu
manded not 10 commit other sins. but this
onu draws down its own correction, and
woe to him who inlringes it,
Unslackcd lime, loose or packed in car
tridges, has been recommended as a sub
stitute for pewter in firing mines. The
cartridges are designed to be dropped into
the drill holes, and then to be soaked with
water till they expand and spill the coal.
This suggestion has certainly the advant-
age of being safe from explosion and
smoke or gas.
Vicar-General Bvrne delivered n lecture
before the Catholic union in Boston recent
ly, defining the attitude of the Catholic
church to the public schools. He argued
that in places where Catholic children are
obliged to read the Protestant version Of
the Bible and join in exercises obnoxious
to their faith, Catholic schools should he
established. But in Boston most of the
evils are absent, and though the present
system was not fully approved, it did not
meet with condemnation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

A RUSSIAN REsTAURANr.-Says trav-
cler: " We enjoy Russian fare veIy much,
on lhp whole Their bread is excellent
light sweet and tender. One day we tried
Il lirst.cllss restaurant, and found every
hing very elegant, the room beautifully
decorated, handsome lace curtains and IL
German Instrument, which PLAYS like II
band, di>coursiug sweet music all the
time The walters were all clothed in
white, and wore red sa,hes with large
tassclS. OF course the bill of fare WAS in
Russian, but our guide secured us an ex-
cellcnl dinner; the soup was made ola little
of evervthing-han, beef, sansages, pork,
various vegetables, including cucumbcrs,
bceis and hard boiled eggs, but IL was very
palatablr, and we fully appreciated it;
then came c0cllc~, fried in crumbs, with
toasted bread under them and six kinds OF
vegetables us glrniurr, laid about the
platter very tcmpingly. One vegetable
called Brussels cihbagc Was about IL
large rs an English walnut, and very
capital relish. Then there were tempting
lii le carrots, beans and clulitluwers, and
having discussed these, Il sort Of rich
cream pudding was set before US, with
Jelly and various fruits on the top, and for
drink, Il boulr of raspberry wine or cor
di !. After the true Russian fashion, tea
WAS handed about in lumblers, lemon juice
heinz generally used here instead of milk
and sugar Altogether we were much
pleased with our Ginncr Il Ia Russc.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

England has set us a better example.
For the last century her best composers
have contributed their most Jealous work
to The church of England. Blow, Boyce,
Purcell. Arne. Atwood. Crotch. and in
our own day Sir John Goss, Sir Gore
Ouseley, e. A. McFarran, DR.. SteggalI'
Arthur Sullivan, Joseph Barnby, Evey,
and Smart, have written most noble, beau
tifu, and appropriate church music. lin
remote country villages this music be
found to test too severely the capacities OF
he organst and the singers, there is
another expedient and far better one
than the Indifferent singing of badly or.
ganized choir, and that is to train the
children to take an important part in the
service. They learn readily; they entcl
into such services with ardor. Those oI
them possessing good voices would readily
master tho simpler chants and responses
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

TEMpARENCE IN THE WHITE House. -
The example Of Mrs. Hayes is quietly
having its effect on the upper classes. A
Washington Journal says; ." Mrs. Hayes
is being strongly reinforced on the wine
question by all who attend her entertain
!nents, since the universal comment is
that Tie order preserved in the supper
rooms was in suth agreeable contrast to
the ndecorous behavior of many parties,
even small ones at private houses, given
during this and other seasons, 2Ohere Uine
UdS SerCGd.
At some small parties it has even
become necessary 10 rc0Vre The deCat1terS
after they had been on the table. Surely
it is better not to offer wine to ones guests
than to rcbuko them, even tacitly, by
Withdrawing it before the evening is
over. A widely circnlated account of
intoXication ut recent handsome enter
tainment and gross violation Of decorum
in the supper-room is mentioned whenever
the events of the season are discussed, and
the conclusion of all such conversation is s:
Mrs. Hayes i, right, after all, about the
natter"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

Another collection of one million can
ceIed postage stamps is explained. Some
time ago Philadelphia gentleman offered
to obtain for an old lady life residence in
a home for tho friendless if she would
collect such an amount of stamps. The
undertaking enlisted the attention of Miss
Chloe Lankton of New Hartford Conn,
who began to assist the old lady. The
result is that the million Of stamps have
been gathered, the sum of eight hundred
dollar; has been paid for them, and the
collector is now enjoying II comfortable
home in tse Methodist House in Philadel-
phia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

and many a county church at the end of
Il wear might be in possession of beluti-
fll boy and girl choir, singing with that
scSless purity OF tone peculiar to chidren's
voices.
Another suggestion for improved church
music in out-nl.towG churches may be
found in that most admirable Of books
upon lis subject, Thibaut's Purity in
Mnsica Irt. Although written more
than fifty years ago, it is rs pertinent and
applicable to the church musical needs of
orr day rs those of his own. lie suggests
II lreer use Of the choralr. or of hymns
arranged in four parts to be sung by the
congregation, or sung in unison with ade-
quIte organ accompaniment, lilling out
the harmonics, and thus both people and
priest would, with united effort, offer up
their spontaneous musical voice of praise.
He makes it a strong point " that the at
tainment of such result woul greatly
promote musical harmony, and call forth
the powers of the Individual members of
the congregation. Airs 4. b. Blake, in
Ha,pcr'S Mtga2jac Jor Iprll.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

When you poke the end of your finger
in your ear, the roaring noise you hear is
the sound of circulation in your finger, rs
any one can demonstrate for himself by
first putting his fingers in his ears, and
then stopping them up with any other
substance Try it, and then think what Il
wonderful machine your body is, that even
the points of the fingers arc such busy
workshops that they roar like II small
Niagara. The roaring is probably more
than the noise of the circulation of the
blood. 1t is the voice of all the vital
processes together-the tearing down and
building up processes, that are always 60
ing forward in every living body, from
conception TO death.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26
THE OLD MAID OF ATHENS

THE OLD MAID OF ATHENS.
Rome where you will and man is false;
His Spain may be most dire
When once he has a Belfast, he
WIN shortly of her Tyre.
pekin this Brest and you will see
That Isle of Man most dearly,
Aud yet | say this Dublin plan
VIII Rouen us quite clearly.
Heed not, oh, maid the signs and Wales
OF man, or else forlorn you
viii rue the time, when feet erect,
Hen punh Sweden scorn you.
Though you be Hungary for love,
There's Norway that you can
Havana thing that's safe TO 10
With such brute as man.
-EugeHe Fteh
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

The English scientific journal, Nature,
announces IN invention which, if it proves
to be successful. promises to revolutionize
telegraphy 1t is q real telegraphic writ
ing machine, and when the writer at one
end of tho line moves his pen, another is
simultaneously moved at the terminus of
the wire, as though by a phantom hand,
in precisely similar curves and motions.
Experiments made with the new invention
has been entirely satisfactory.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

MODES OF SALUrAToN.-The German
says, How do you find yourself?' or.
" How goes it'' The Frenchman, " How
do you carry yoursrlf?" The Turk, " low
is your djgtstiou?' The Engishman,
f." How are YOU and the impulsive
American, How dye?' A bow is a
courtly practice, the lifting of the hand to
the hat, military salulation; hand shak-
ing prevails in the United States and En-
gland, and kissing in France. In Africa,
demonstrations Of delight are made by
falling down on the back and kicking up
the heels ia America ly clapping hands
The Arab, to express his friendship, hugs
and kisses his aGored if permitted, and
then asks for b9ctybsesh IN some tribes
they rub noses. The Yankee, when he is
puzzled, scra che, his head. the Chinaman
his foot
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

The mother love for her Young is the
strongest and nobest feeling of which an
imals are capable, and with certain spe.
cies il is more than an instinct, it is II
passion which rises to heroism. Thus with
the stork and the lark among birds. The
storb. which spends the winter in Egypt
and the summer in northern and western
Europe, likes to build his nest on the top
of some steep gable roof Such Il nest is
~ real nuisance. 1t is from three 10 five
yards in diameter; it swarms with snakes,
lizards, frogs. toads, and other disagreea-
BILE creatures; it becomes, in course Of
time, so heavy that it would break the roof
if not artifcially propped up from below.
Nevertheless, from various superstitious
reasons, the stork is not only welcome, but
even courted by the European peasants,
and it cannot be denied that The reverence
with which the bird is looked upon is, to
some extent, deserved. If the house takes
fire. and the young storks happen to be nj
an age in which they cannot be saved by
being brought away from the nest, the
stork mother does not leave them. Standing
erect in the nest, tapping with the wings
to wait away the smohe and the flames,
tHb VI IuP ONl hOW anu Llitii oOllC obl
Egyptian drge, she remains with her
young ones, and perish"s with them. The
sky-lark. which builds her nest in the
meadows, runs away from it, when fright
ened by somebody's approach, four Or five
yards under the clover, and rises then
perpendcularly in the air, pouring forth
all her song in its widest strains in order
to divert the attention. But the peasant
boy knows that rs long as she remains
hanging at the same point in the air, lie is
still four or five yards from the nest, and
he USES the direction Of her movements
and the ring OF her song to find out the
exact spot. If then it happens that the
young mrks are just about TO break
through the shell of the eggs, at which
time The mother instinct of the bird is on
the height of excitement, while her bodily
strength is much exhausted from the lay
ing, she will drop down dead from the
sky in the very moment the nest is touched
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26
OWED TO MINTER.

hol get thee sole, Old Winter make bold,
tWhile others praise thee to declare the truth;
Tnou art lyrant, without Christian ruth,
Capricious, crusty, and 4" confounded coldn
Thou arta clustering, blistering, bullying wight;
burglar entering every cottage door;
Borne by The rich and hated by the poor
\ very rascal in cloak of whitel
Thou illl'st the farmer with iorcbodnI fears;
Thou bitcst sharply at the school.boy's toes;
Thou redienest een the dainty lady's nose.
And pinchest rndely everybody . earsi
Thou makcst ime without the slightest reason,
Unless it be to raise the price of coal
And, bluster as thou wilt, upon my soul,
Thou art most unreasonable scasonl
JOhH g. Sdrc
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

Mrs. lllyc. told q iIlv who threatened
to attend presidential reception in low
neck dress that II sh tvI would be thrown
over her shoulder
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

An Illinois weather prophet predicts
that "March will have full average Of
storms and preciptations.' And we be-
licve him. And we also believe that next
August will have some warm days, and
that the number of thunder storms will
depend upon the number of Sunday school
picnics. -NOrriSsOCH HeYaM.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-31
The Friendly Sea Gull.

A pretty story is told by the Will
mington Star, which vouchcs for its
strict accuracy. During the preva-
lence Of the severest storm of the
18th of September last, after the
darkness Of night had set in, one Of
the seamen on board Of the lightship
off Frying Pan Shoals, saw u large
black bird dash through the mist and
light on the railing near where lie was
standing. He took the bird which
proved to be an ordinary sea gull, all
wet and drabbled by the storm, and
warmed and dried it in his bosom,
after which he placed it in bed i'm
proNised for the occasion, after first
feeding it as if it had been little
child. The next morning, the storm
having subsidized, our seaman turned
the bird loose, of course with no eX-
pectation Of seeing it again. Very
much to his surprise, however, on the
very next night, and about the same
hour Of its previous visit, the gull
again put in appearance, alighting
upon the rnils Of tho ship rs before,
when it was fed, caresscd and cared
for as on the occasion of its first call
and. from that time up to the 9th Of
November, nearly two months, when
the last information was received
from the ship, the bird had continued
its nightly visits and had been :egu-
lally fed and consigned TO its "liltlc
bed," where it would remain until
released the next morning.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-31
Proposed to His Grandmother.

Col. Thornton of the East India
service, tells thus the romance of his
youth:
"One clear, starlight evening in
June, HELEN and [ were walking oil
the terrace, among tlower-beds that
were cut in the soft, green turf. In,
spired by the stiffness and ordorous
influence of the night air, l told hel
my hearts secret, with all its hopes
and fears"
"She looked up at me wondering
ly, and tears glistened in her beauti-
full eyes as she said:
"'Ah, Capt. Thornton, are you
sure? DO you-do you love me? It
cannot be. No, never
"'Why, l cried, impetuously press
ing my suit and her, you love anoth,
cr?'
"'Sir,' she said, almost sharply,
Wv OOu hloM WIZ ulH
"'The lovcliest girl in England
"'No, sir, am not 1reat heavens,
Captain Thornton, l am your grand.
mother
"My grandmother! Talk of sud-
den shocks after that, won't you?
tried to speak, but my voice failed
me. l reached out my hand and
touched her. Yes, she was there,
real enough, and l was not dreaming.
Tell me all !! l gaspcd.
"And standing there, by the broad
stone coping, she told me all. How
her parents had died when she was
little more than an infant, and Sir
John, her guardian and my grand,
father, had watched over her with
jealous care, always keeping her at
school, hover, until he brought her
homc-a young lady.
''Thcn, while [ was in India, the
poor old man fell suddenly i'll, and
on his dying bed persuaded his young
ward to marry him, just in order to
inherit his vast estate, which she had
refused TO take as a legacy.
"'And believe me- SAID Miss Hell.
len, q did it only to keep it for you,
the rightful heir, whose wildncss' had
temporarily provoked the old gentle:
man. Washington Capital.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-31
A Singular Story.

Jonathan r. Bass, of Cambria, Nj
hgara County, N. Y, has not join,
in his body. lie *eht to bed iu 1857,
and has never been out of it since.
He cannot even move a finger. He
fan as captain Of O canal boat be-
tween Buffalo and Rochester in 1850,
and was getting stiff then. When he
could not do any work he had to
quit canaling, and then went TO book.
keeping. His joints kept getting
sitter and stilfer. The dortbrs could
do him no good, and at last he had
to give up, and, after t%enty-one
years, he has been abed at the farm
homestead # his family. between
Iaockport and lewiston. His trouble
commenced with pain shooting
through the bottom Of his right foot
that tumbled him to the ground. The
foot commenced to swell and got 10
I've almost twice its natural size.
Stiffness in the joints followed. Now
Bass is literally bone man. There
is no more lend to his legs, arms
and body than there is to e marble
statue. His arms a:e as fast to his
side as if they were nailed there. For
eight years after he went to bed hc
could move his arms, but the joints
finally became solid bone. They have
to feed him with q spoon. His jaws
are rs immovable as his joints.
There is space between his teeth
that is just wide enough to get food
through. In 1860 he became blind.
His mind Is sound, but lie bpcaks
with difficulty.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-31
Reheaded at PRAYER.

Hamlet rcfrained from killing his
mothers husband while the latter was
on his knees, but Mrs. John S. Cald-
well, Of South Byficrd, had no such
scruples when she dccapilated her
husband with an axe. Mr.. Caldwell
was knelling at chair offering his
morning devotions, the only other
person in the house being his sister,
in-law, who was in the same devout
posture, when Mrs..Caldwell STEALTH
ly entered the room and snatching up
an axe, which her husband had
brought into the room the night be-
fore, dealt him blow OIL the back of
his neck, which nearly severed his
head from his body. Death was in
Simultaneous, and The soul of the sup
plant followed the half uttered pray
cr TO the other world.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-31
4 Feminine Mystery.

Assuming that no man ever saw a
woman slap her ears or wear carmulfs,
it behooves tho stcrncr sex to respect
fully inquire why this is so. Women s
ears taken rs they come, look very
much as mems ears. TO an impair
tial and iair-mindcd observer, they
are more delicatcly constructed, and
naturally not well fortified against
cold as The average masculine auricu-
lar appendage. The feminine ear is
not protected by whiskers or hair,
and fashion declares that the hat or
bonnet shall in no way contribute to
its warmth or general comfort. 1t
goes into battle against the common
enemy without armor, and with no
more preparation for the conflict than
were this the month of June instead
OF January. That it should escape
under such circumstances, or that, I'm.
wrapped and thus exposed, it should
not require slapping, rs either pre-
vcntivc or protective measure, is a
mystery which the average masculine
mind is not equal Chicago Intert
Ocean.