Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-08

For the benefit of those who think that
everything that comes from abroad Is
better than anything made at home, 1t Is
stated that this country ships cheese 10
England, which comes back under the
name of" cheddar," and commands fancy
prices. Bacon from Chicago and Clnclh-
natl is sent abroad, and then comes BACK
labelled England. The sea ToyaSe
improves its qualities to wondetlul ,e-
gree, so that there IS no com parlsHh oe,
tween what it was before it left home ana
after its return. Caviare. an article Oh
food made out of the roe Of hsh turns out
to be another of the sham transportatlohs'
It is usually put up in cans bearing "
gorgeous label. and stamped with the I'M
peral eagle of Russia. vi course tnlS
foreign article of food is great iaVortte
with certain Americans, presumably oe-
canse of its being foreign. The SINKING oil
the Pomerania disclosed the fact, however,
that the vessel had on board large guam
titv of caviare in barrels, sent by Shippers
from New York to Hamburg. There 1t
was to be canned with the proper decep-
fions. and re.urntd to New York to bring
fancy prices and feed the betooIed'
GOSSIP ABOUT CALEB CusHING.-Caleb
Cushing lived with his step-brother we
and her family at Newburyport. tie had
an understanding with the rest OF the fam-
ilv that they should never enter his room
for any purpose, even to dust 1t. lie would
never allow Il woman to take care OF MS
offices in Washington either, preferring to
do the work himself bis library was
LARGE and miscellaneous; full of histories
works of travel and many novels. Ills
law library in Newburyport was large,
but not particularly important. lie was Il
great novel reader, and read everything IN
this line from the trashiest yellow colored
novel. through the light and heavy French
schools to the profound work on psychoIo-
gv that the novels of to-day are getting to
! he. The walls of his home were enriched
bv about three hundred choice paintings
picked up in Mexico. France and SPAN
principally. Even when Cushing was a
democrat he was not so bad at heart pollt-
icallv IS he seemed.-Iroy Times.
DEATH IN TIE KIss.-When Beacons
field moved in the House of Lords the adj
dress of coincidence to the queen on tht
death of the Princess Alice, he said =
INV lords, there was something onder
fully piteous in the immediate cause OF hel
death. The physicians who permitted nel
to watch over her suffering family enJoln
ed her under no circumstances whatever
to be tempted into al embrace. Her al
mirable self-restraint guarded her through
the crisis of this terrible complaint II
safety. She remembered and observed
t the injunctions Of her physicians. But i
became her lot to break to her son, quite
youth, the death of his youngest sister, t(
whom he WAS devotedly attached. Ih'
boy was so overcome with misery that th'
agitated mother clasped him in her arms
and thus she received the kiss OF death
My lords, l hardly know OF an lq1cIden
more pathetic. 1t is one by which poet
might be inspired, and in which the gro
fessors of fine arts, from the highest to tn
, lowest branches. whether in painting
sculpture or gems, might find fifth:
| subject of commemoration.