Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-21

by reflection, anu siren gthened by enjoyment.
At bull fight which recently took place in Spain
a daring young woman entered the ring as matader
She doubtless was bent on having her dress gored.
The Buffalo Express thinks it was a great mi,
take In the democracy not te have prohibited
military interference just previous 10 the late
rebellion.
The business of twenty western railroads for the
first four months of this year compared with the
first four months oflS7S indicates an increase Of
two per cent.
Miss Annie Mason, of Beaver, Pa.,-young, pret
ty, wealthy and mpished-deliberately len
her fathers house and married a coarse ignorant
and ugly negro.
Hattie Brtton of Peekskill, N. Y, was, wednes
day, attacked with 1T while going down stairs
with kerosene lamp. The lamp exploded and she
was burned to death.
If man be gracious and courteous to strangers
1t shows he is citizen of the world, and that his
heart is no island cut Off from other hearts, but a
continent that joins them
President Hayes last week kissed 4G Young
ladies' of a Maryland boarding schoo who called
on him. And he now begins to weaken in his d.,
termination not to take second tenn.
We should no more lament that we have grown
Old than the husbandman, when the bloom anC
fragrance OF spring hav passed away, should Ia
ment that summer or autumn has come.
Miss Virginia Hicks, Il young lady of Wyandott tt
Kan, was thrown while riding spirited horse
ana was Killed Instantly, II turose she'll comb
which she wore being driven into her bl ain.
The pleasures of this world are deceitrul; they
promise us more than they give. They trouble us
in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when
possessing them, and they make us DESPAIR in
losing them.
Messrs' H. l.. n a. Stuart ofNew York, recently
gave SO oOo TO the home mission board $25 900 to
the foreign mission board, $25 900 to the board o
church erection and $1,000 to the board of minis.
teral relief OF the Presbyterian church.
Thomas Dnkel, a German, 50 years old, was ar
rested at Buffalo on the charge of manslaugbter in.
hanging or kicking his wife to death. He after.
wards attempted to commit suicide IN MS cell, He
claims that she committed the act herself
Gov. ST. John, of Kansas, has not forgotten how
Ieeiy the negroes of the south helped Union
soldiers escaping from rebel prisons during the
war; and nc says that now that they are refugees.
seeking new homes, they deserve as far and as
kind treatment as they gave.
terrible boiler explosion occurred Tuesday. in
the Wasall iron works at WalsalI Stafordshire
Inc force OF the explosion was such as to burl n
portion oIthe boiler weighing fully ton distance
OIL lou yards. Five persons were killed outright
and several others injured.
Hannibal Hamlin doesn't believe the sontberr
senators are as loyal as the men who wont ont -
1860, thinks Grant will be nominated if bo will
consent, hints that MIR. Blaine injured himself nv
his action on the Chinese bill and says the green
back craze will soon die out
Washington advices say that Butler and Hamp,on
continue Their opposition to Mr.. Corbin's confrma.
uon. The president Will not withdraw the uomi.
nation unless Corbin so requests. If nat cooarn
Gu Corbln VIII probably take the management on
the part of the government of the South CaroIiro
election cases.
Inc ioiowing testimonial of a certain patent
medicine speaks for itself: " Dear sir: Two
mon'hS ago my vile could scarcely speak. She
mas taken Two bottles of your Life renewer' and
now sue can't speak at all. Please send me two
more bottles. wouldn't be without it."-TNorris
town Herald.
conference was held ut B,rnsley, England.
wednesday, at which 10000 golfers were renre
seDted. 1t was decided to demand 10 per cent in
crease in pay and if refused to stop work tbrougb
out the country. Another conference Will be held
in Birmingham in five weeks to fix The date for
giving notice of the strike. The interval will be
devoted 10 agitation.
curious London benevolent society is the
hyrle, OF which Princess Louise and Prince Lee.
pold are president aud vcc-pres dent The mem
oers are principally tourists, who pledge them.
selves to send to the treasurer all small objects of
interests they may collect on their travels These
articles are distributed in the hospitals, work
houses and public schools.
Connecticut reports about 9J per cent of all her
children, between the ages Of and IL, as entered
at some school during the last year. The law COM
peIlins attendance is enforced quite sharply the
poafu MAINTAINING an agent who, according to the
report OF Secretary Norhrop, will 20 to the larth
resttown IN The state to rescue single child from
the deprlvatlons of his legal school privileges.
There was horrible scene at Hillsboro, n. c..
FRIDAY, when Davis and Andrews, white, and
Carleton, colored, noted burglars, were hung The
ropes around the neck of Davis and Carlton wero
too long, and their feet rested on the ground Thev
were raised and the ropes retied causing death
from strangulation. terih; thunder storm
ragged during the whole proceedings and the Scene
was wild and terrible. There we've 900 people
present.
AT Luton school house, in Nodaway co univ
Missouri, a fcud has long existed between tho
families olEnglc and Godsey. One of the Env,e
boys sent word to Edward Godsey that if he wouIl
meet him at the Sunday school he would wbin him
Godscy was on hand but found the father of Enc Ia
who proposed 10 fight for the SON. They started
over the hill to iht, when Enge took A double.
barrel shot from his W aud
dead.
The Calcutta correspondent of the London Times
says; The great khoomb or duodecennial festival
at Hurdwar, threatens to be as disastrous in its
as was that of 1861 From $50 900 TO
l.Ooo,OO) pilgrims assembled, and despite the pre-
cautions taken by the authorities, cholera in n
severe form broke out few days before the close
Of the fair. The streams ofreturning pilgrms ara
low carrying the disease in various directions |
towards their homes, and outbreaks are already |
exported from number of places of Nortbern |
India.
Under the laws of New York, as they now stond |
jyrus W. Field William II. Vanderbilt to takotwo
notable examples, escape a direct personal tax
heir railroad and other stocks being taxed throuyh
he corporations. Mr.. Field has theory that
very company should be taxed upon its dividends
lie says " Whom its dividends were heavy the In Y
would be heavy,a and when there were no dividend,
here would be no tax. believe such law wouId
ring large sums into the city treasury. and tho
ooner it was passed the better should like ill.,
The executors and trustees under the will or ,ho
ate Thaddeus Stevens announces that thev will
fer the Caledonia Iron works at public sale
to carrying out theHnal charge imposed
pom them in Mr.. stevens will, which is, in case
49, 900 remains, to establish and erect House of
'efuge for tho relief fl the homeless and INDECENT
rphans, in Lancaster city. Twenty thousand dol.
ars are to be expended in the buildings and the
est invested in Government securities the interest
D go toward supporting the Home, 1t is expected
nat there will not be less than SIS 900 to found the
lone with