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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

INCOMPETENT DoCToRs.-With the ex-
cepton of one college in New York and
two in the other states, says Barnes Elu-
cati0HnL Monthly, any one may become a
medical student without preliminary cx'
aminations in anything, moral character
not excepted. Students are often gradual
ed at the close of two years study, and in
some institutions the course of instruction
is even more superficial and imperfect
Examinations for diplomas are not at all
rigid, IL knowledge even of chemical analy-
sis not being required. There is not Il
single doctor in one Of the counties in
west ctn New York who can conduct n
decent chemical analysis, or even tel
whcther'his nitrate of bismuh does or does
not contain arsenic. A doctor recently
stated on examination that the proper dose
of prussic acid for child two years ole
was from four to six drops! AS II genera
thing, doctors in rural places, and in somt
of our cities rs well, stick to the antiquat-
ed remedies and outrageous doses. We
think our educational journals ought t(
stir up the young doctors to more diligen
habits as students. Each one of then
should have his chemical laboratory
where he daily should conduct such chemi
cal ANALYSIS as sickness demands. If doctor!
were Il little more euterpLsing and push
inc, we should know something mor'
concerning such diseases as typhoid fever
diphthora, scarlet ferer and measles. Gal
two doctors in succession to II child attack
ed with one of these diseases. and the
probabilities are they will give you con
Trajectory explanations and totally differ
cnt remedies. This is no recommendation
to the medical profession. Because doctors
are not scientific, the practice of medicine
is not conducted on scientific principles
and medicine is not to-day science. 1t i
u practice, we admit, much to the homo
of sensitive tastes. The day will be haile'
with Joy by diseased world when thi
practice is conducted on scientific princi
pies. We laymen would like to know
many things our medical advisers will no
tell us simply because they cannot. lie
us have some light on these diseases lurk
ing unsubdued in all parts of our land. ]
is your duty to enlighten the world, and
you are the students you should he, som
of you will bless this humanity of ours b.
telling exactly what will cure certai
diseases, and why it will do so. Yo
should be paid to prevent rs well a
cure. We would rather give you twenty
five dollars to keep us well, than ten t
cure us when sick.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

BOYS LEISURE lloUEs.-WImt IL boy
does with his leisure is most important :;
what he gets in school is mainly drill or
must cat elsewhere. What he does with
his spare hours determines his destiny.
Suppose he reads history every day or
scientific books; in the course of few
years he becomes learned. 1t matters
very little what he undertakes, Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, all disappear il
he uses his spare time on them.
A boy was employed in u lawyers Office
and had the daily paper to amusc himself
with. He commenced to study French,
and ut that little desk became fluent
reader and writer of the French language
He accomplished this by laying aside the
newspaper, and taking up something not
so amusing, but far more profitable.
A coachman was often obliged to wait
long hours while his mistress made calls.
He determined to improve the time; he
found II small volume containing the Ec
logues of Virgil, but could not read it, and
so purchased II Latin Grammar. Day by
day he studied this, and finally mastered
all its intricacies. His mistress came be.
hind him one day as he stood by the horses
waiting for her, and asked him what he
was so intently reading. Only II bit o
VIRGIL. my lady" What, do you read
Latin?n " y little, my lady" She men.
toned this to her husband, who insisted
that David should have II teacher to in
struct him. In Il few years he became ;
learned man. and was II useful and love,
minister in Scotland.
A boy was hired to open and shut the
gates to let the teams out Of an iron mine
He sat on II log all day by the side of the
gate. Sometimes an hour would pass be
fore the teams came, and this he cmploye,
SO well that there was scarcely any fact il
history that escaped his attention. He be
gan with little book on English histor,
that he found in the road; having lcarne,
that thoroughly, he borrowed of II minis
ter Goldsmilhs History of Greece. Thi
good man became greatly interested il
him, and loaned him books, and, was oltel
seen sitting by him on the log conversin:
with him about the people of ancien
times.
All of these show that in this countr
any one can learn that wants to. If he j
at work he still has three hours he can ca
his own. Let him use those wisely. ant
he can fill his mind with stores of knowl
edgc.-SchotarS Companion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

A MoRTGAGE.-In the whole range of
sacred and profane literature, perhaps
there is nothing recorded which has such
staying properties as n good healthy
mortgage. A mortgage can be depended
upon to stick closer than n brother. 1t has
II mission to perform which never lets up.
Day after days it is right there, nor does
the slightest tendency to slumber impair
its vigor in the night Night and day, on
the Sabbath, and ut holiday times, without
Il moments time for rest and recreation
the biting offspring of its existence inter-
est-gocs on. The season may change,
days run into weeks, weeks into months to
be swallowed up into the gray man of
advancing years, but that mortgage stands
up in sleepless vigilance, with the inter-
est, perennial stream, ceaselessly run
ming on. Like huge nightmare, eating
out the sleep Of some restless slumberer,
the unpaid mortgage rears up its gaunt
front in perpetual torment to the miserable
wight who is held within its pitiless
clutch. 1t holds the poor victims with the
relentless grasp of n giant; not one hour
of recreation; not a moments evasion OF
its hideous presence. A genial savage OF
notifying aspect while the interest is
paid; very devil of hopeless destruction
when the payments fail.-Er.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

DO you know" says Mr.. Beecher,
d" that China contains a population of four
hundred millionsp DO you know that this
empire had an existence before civilization
began in the eastP Do you know that in
China there are more than two thousand
colleges? Do you know that their libra,
ries outnumber ours ten to onep Do you
know that there are more than two mil
lion highly educated men in that countryP
Do you know that in that vast population
of four hundred millions there is scarcely
one who cannot read and write3' But
don't we know that their eyes are set in
corner-wise, that their noses turn up, that
their pig-tais hung down, that their shoes
turn up at the toes, that their trowsers are
too short and wide, that they don't men
ton our God when they get mad and
swear, and that what they know, be il
never so much, ism t worth knowing, jest
because it isn't what we want TO know
Hoodlum!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

OUR DAUGHTERS Perhaps one of the
most lamentable errors of the present day
is the manner in which our girls are train
ed. While proud and happy parents are
desirous that their daughters be accom-
plished in music, drawing, painting and
the languages, they seem to totally Ignore
the more necessary arts OF housekeeping
and home making or to imagine the
knowledge of such to be degrading. We
know of no more pitiable object than Il
young wife placed ut the head of the hus
bands home, utterly ignorant of her duties
as its mistress. Trials, well calculated to
make her life miserable, await her, and
many of the unhappy marriages, of which
we know and hear, have their origin in
lust such causes; for while men arc loving
and indulgent they are selfish, and but
few have sufficient self-denial to bear pa
tiently the mistakes that interfere so ma
terialIy with their comforts.
A Girl who has been raised in n well
regulated and orderly household, cannot
understand the misfortunes of such wives
us we speak of. 1t is not only a knowledge
of housekeeping which is so essential to
the ll-beng Of family, but it is equally
necessary to be thoroughly acquainted
with the art of home making. 1t does not
do for the wife and mother to limit her
efforts to the wants only-physcal, mental
and moral of the family. She must under
stand how to keep her house clean and
orderly; when and by what means her
house became filled with impure air. She
must know what kinds of food are easiest
digested which kinds nutritious. This OF
course demands some knowledge of phi
losophy and chemistry. Then, too, she
must understand how to make clothing
suitable for winter and summer. In short
good wife and mother must be familiar
with the science of health and the laws ol
hygiene.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Be CAUTIoUs--Pause before you repeat
an injurious story about woman. Say TO
yourself, This may not be true, or it may
be exaggerated" unless you have proof
of the veracity of your informant. People
sometimes tell falsehoods, they often make
mistakes, and they sometimes "hear
wrong" There is auricular illusion as
we'll as optical illusion. Take all these
things into consideration before you even
believe. AS for repeating the story, ask
yourself if it is necessary. 1t sometimes
is necessary. Then do it with the fear OF
God and the remembrance of the golden
rule before you. Let US give the helping
hand and not the downward push; so may
the angels reach their hands toward us
when we stand in need.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

The WAYS OF THE WIND.-Whirlwind
tornado or cyclone; aerial or electrical,
such visitation as that which has worked
such devastation in Missouri and vicinity,
and was experienced in Connecticut last
summer, is equally inexplicable and una
voidable. 1t comes and goes where il
listelh,n and man is powerless in its path.
One feature of these exhibitions is the
sharpness of the line between death and
safety. Whether the width of the track
he more or less. it is as sharply defined rs
the curbing in a city street. An inch
within the line, and nothing can Withstand
the force of the elements; an inch without,
and babys cradle would hardly be rock
cd. Crude us have been the theories as
TO the cause or causes of these cyclones,
they are not rs far proved as they have
been suggested; and if we knew all about
them, there would be no possible mode of
either preventing or escaping from them.
Whittier would we fly?
Ordinarily the approach of Il cyclone is
indicated by n deadly stiffness and oppres-
sion of the air. There is no guide as to
the direction il will take, and the first i'm
pulse to get out of doors may only expose
one to death from the unimpeded wind.
The destruction of life and property in this
latest case will prove, when fully known,
to be considerable; in that new country,
whatever pecuniary loss has been sustain
ed by those unable to bear it, will be
made up wholly or in good part by the
neighbors, but the loss of relatives, so sud-
den, so complete rs in many cases-for
this there is no relief save in time and
Christian resignation. Nothing, perhaps,
more irresistibly and deeply imprcSses one
than the appreciation of the power and
physical malevoence Of the tornado. In
the inland districts it'seems an unnatural
exhibition; n prairie fire, or II spring in
nundation seems to be in the nature of
things. but tornado in the woods is rs
incomprehensibl us it is destructive and
Observation-Disclosures Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Good bye" said Uncle john to VIII.
rs he entered the cars for n few weeks
vacation in the country. "Good-bye, Will.
Got everything along?"
Yes, uncle, think Lave, There is
my trunk, and satche!, and gun, and UNI
brella, and"
There, boy, don't mean those traps.
They're not everything"
"IVhat then?"
"Oh, something more important"
II guess I've got money enough to take
me there"
Mot that, my child"
"Well believe you think I've forgotten
my Bible, but haven't"
II hope you haven't forgot that; though,
to be sure, lit is an easy matter to take it
along just for the responsibility Of the
thing. Mind you use it. But how about
Your religion? Is that going into the
country with you? Many professed Chrise
tians take vacation from their religion
Just as they do from business. Don't do
that. my boy. Take your religion with
you. You need it. Others need it too"
Thank you, uncle"
Take your religion along" sounded
in the young lads ears as he took seat
in the cars. 1t made him feel more cour-
fteous to his fellow travellers. 1t helped
him speak word to them.
Take your religion along?" echoed n
still small voice as he met old friends in
the country village, and it helped him say
word for Christ. l. sounded from the
church bell, and prompted him to speak
for his Master in the little village prayer
meeting, where a new voice was a great
encouragement. 1t urged him to take the
place of an absent teacher, and tell class
of boys how pleasant he found it serving
Jesus.
Months have passed since then, but
many still thankfully remember the young
man who took his religion along.-Zhc
Standard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

In THE BLACK MARIA.-Not long ago a
lad of nineteen came up from the country
to one of the scaboard cities, and secured
u position in large and well-known
importing house. lie was gentle, blue.
eyed young fellow, almost womanish in
his tastes, and in his love for his home and
his family.
Unfortunately he had no friends in the
city. His evenings were passed in absolute
solitude, or in the vulgar society of a cheap
boarding house.
The boy became depressed, gloomy.
lie fancied he needed 'bracing up" and
fell into the habit of dropping into cheer
full restaurant for n glass of wine.
lie soon made friends there who would
Join him in bottle. As with most men
not accustomed to intoxicating liquor, he
was maddened by little.
One night, being drunk, he quarreled
with his companion, and stabbed him with
knife which laid on the table. The
wound was not serious, but the lad was
arrested and kept in the police station
until morning.
He was then led ont (being now sober
and in his right mind) and ordered 10 get
into the prison van (known to the town as
the Black Maria), which waited to convey
him to prison. lie shuddered and turned
ghastly pale, mutteTfng-
"What will my father say?"
But he was thrust in and the door locked
There was no one else in the van. When
they reached the gate of the prison, the
door was opened. The boy lay dead
beside it the blood from the throat clotted
the face which his mother so lately had
kissed.
This is an absolutely true story. II
teaches, of course, to young men the mad
ness of tasting that first glass of liquor, of
yielding to the temptations which beset
friendlcss boys on every side in great
city. But has it no meaning to those
older mon, Christians and fathers, who
leave such lads without a friend, and put
out no kindly hand to hold them back
from temptation?-Yoath's Companlo",
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

RADIATED BLEssINGs.-The sunlight
falls upon Il clod, and the clod drinks it in,
is warmed by itself but lies rs black as
ever, and sheds no light. But the sun
touches the diamond, and the diamond
almost chills itself rs it SHEDS out in radi-
ance on every side the light that has fallen
on ii. So God helps one man to bear his
pain, and no one but that one man is a
whit the richer. God comes to anothel
sufferer, reverent, unselfsh, humble, and
the lame leap, and the dumb speak. and
the wretched all around are comforted by
the radiated comfort of that happy SOUL
! ReU. Philip Brooks.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

There is coming to be recognized
money value to the ornamental planting
and dc coration of grounds, which it would
be well for every owner of a small or Il
large place to well consider at this season.
However little taste a.man may have for
the beautiful in nature, he will certainly
pay more for II house, the grounds of
which are set out with ornamental trees,
towering shrubs and flowers, than lie will
for one which possesses none of these
adornmcnts. Every owner of grounds Of
small or large extent, who is building a
place for his own use, Or for possible sale,
will find it more pleasant TO live in, and to
bring higher price in the market, if at
tention has been plid to these matters.
Beauty in landscape decoration of the
farm or the village plat always pays.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Rufus Choate, in an important marine
assault and -battery-at-se case, had Dick
Barton, chief mate of the clipper ship
Challenge, on the strnd, and badgercd
him so about an hour that at last Dick got
his salt water up and hauled by the wind
TO bring the keen Boston lawyer under his
batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony Dick
had said that the night was as dark Us
pitch. and raining like seven bells.
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him:
Was there any moon that nigbto
Yes, sir.
Did you see itP
Not a mite.
Then how did you know there was a
moonp
Nautical almanac said so, and I'll be-
believe that soonen'n any lawyer in the
world.
Ah-you're growing sharp, Mr.. Barton.
What in blazes have you been grinding
me this hour for-to make me dullp
Be civil, sir. And now tell me in what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in.
Shoe! you're joking!
No, sir! am in earnest, and l desire
you to answer me.
shant
All, you refuse to answer me?
| do.
Indeed; you are chief mato of clipper
ship, and unable to answer so simple q
question!
Yes. tits the simplest question l was
ever asked in my life. Why, thought
every fool of lawyer knew there amt no
latitude on the equator!
That shot floored Rufus Choate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

ITO those" writes Mr.. Longfellow in a
pleasant letter, "who ask how can write
! SO many things that sound as if | were
as bappy as a boy," please say that there is
in this fneighborhood. or neighboring town,
pear tree planted by Gov. Endicott two
hundred years ago. and that it still bears
fruit not to be distinguished from the
Young tree in flavor. I suppose the old
tree makes new wood every year, SO thai
some part of it is always young. Perhaps
that is the way with some men when they
grow old; hope it is so with me-"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

WHAT is IT?"-Yesterday forenoon
farmers horse and wagon were hitched
on Congress street, near Larned, and after
the man had gone into the store an indi-
vidual, who must know something about
human curiosity, walked slowly down to
the wagon and carefully examined a hind
wheel. In ten seconds he was joined by
two boys. In minute there was Il crowd
of six. The man looked at the wheel
from one side and the other, and the in
creasng crowd did the same. In three
minutes there were twenty people around
the wagon, Some looked over into the
box and some at the wheels, but no one
said ANYTHING. The man first mentioned
seized the wheel and shook it and then
measured one of the spokes with 4 pocket
rule. When he had finished. the crowd
numbered forty No one could say what
had happened or was about to happen,
and the mystery WAS fast becoming in
! tense, when corpuent citizen bore down
on the crowd and cried out;
What's the matter here-any one been
hurt?"
No, sir" was the quiet reply of the
man with the pocket rule.
What is it, thenp"
81 was looking at this hind wheel"
What's the matter with the wheelp"
asked the fat man, as he seized and shook
it.
Nothing"
The fat man scowled, clenchcl his
hand, looked up and down and then slid,
and in thirty seconds no one was left
around the wagon but small boy who
was trying to hook m old umbrella
Detroit Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
" SHALL WE GATHER At TIE RIVER qa


A+NfN ftf hfuft-l
nYMAGGIE u. PEEkE.
" Shall we gather al the riyer?n
sang the little six year-old,
While his voice without quivcr,
Through the house and garden rolled.
Yes! Wen gather at the river"
Sang the boy in joyful tone,
"And I'll fish and fish forever
With fish line all my own,"
And his voice. with rapture ringing.
Sang of all the golden day"
When with angels hen be singing.
Unerneath the silver spray.
Soon we'll reach the shining river,
Where bright angel feet have trod,
And I'll fish and fish forever,
With golden ishng-rod."
Listening TO his happy voice,
Sternly papa said, =" My son.
Don't you know that Heaven lies
Where those sivcry waters run ."
Can't | fish there ?" cried the child.
4" When we gather at the river ?"
All his earnestness revealing,
Iu the dropping cyelids quiver
Heaven must be for grown-up folks,
Or thered be a place to play,
Where the children could have sport
On merry holiday.
l shall stay on earth forever,
Where do what e'er [ wish,
Ride horse, or better still
Go with Uncle Dave to fish"
The .iHiG"ce.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

WILL He SUCCEED?-In nine cases out
of ten. mans life will not be y success II
he does not bear burdens in childhood. If
the fondness or the vanity of father or
mother has kept him from hard work; II
another always helped him out at the end
of his row; if instead of taking his turn
at the pitching off he slowed away all the
time-in short, if what was light fell to
him, and what was heavy about the work
to some one else; if he has been permit
ted to shirk, until shirking has become a
habit, unless miracle has been wrought
his life will be failure, and the blame
will not be half so much his as that OF his
weak and foolish parents. On the other
hand, if a boy has been brought up to DO
his part, never allowed to shirk his respon.
sibiiity, or to dodge work, whether or not
it made his head ache. or soiled his hands
until bearing burdens has become matter
of pride, the heavy end of the wood his
choice, parents as they bid him good-by
NAV dismiss their fear. The clements ol
success arc his and at some time and in
some way the world will recognize his
capacity Young Folks World.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

West Brattleboro people haven't done
laughing at the Bawston man who, all
unacquainted with the way to work a
farm, came to that locality and undertook
to run one as he saw fit, without regard to
the advice of neighbors. Seeing him carry
in his sap tubs rather early they asked
him, Are you not going to make any
more sugar this season. and he re-
piled, mo, l guess not for the present; ]
Shall wait until after hayingp' He didn't
run the farm long, but dug out t" for the
hub!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25

Little Billy was told, Never ask for
anything at the table. Little boys should
wait until they are served" The other
day little Billy was forgotten ia the distri-
button, and was not served at all. What
could he do? Presently, after rejecting
seriously, he asked " Mamma, when little
boys starve to death do they go to
HeavenY'