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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

ANOTHER FAILURE.-Out on Michigan
avenue, q man nearly seventy years of age
started small confectionery store some
months since, and the other day sent word
to his three creditors up town that he had
| failed and desired to compromise. The
trio went down to the store, which they
found in full blast, and the four sat down
for talk.
You see, shentlemens, do no pees-
ness, and my family eats up all de profits"
explained the tradesman by way of ex-
cuse.
Yon owe me twelve dollars" replied
one of the creditors, "and each of these
others fifteen dollars apiece. That makes
forty-two dollars"
"Shust forty-two." sighed the old man.
"Now, then, how much money have
you on hand?"
"Shust sixty tollar and no more"
"Very we'll, as you have had bad luck
we will settle with you for one hundred
and twenty cents on the dollar, and you
can go on as before"
Yaw, l will do dot, shentlemens, and
I am obliged for such kind treatment"
He got out his money, the twenty per
cent, was added to the claims and paid,
and before the creditors retired he insisted
on treating them to ice cream. They had
not been gone an hour before the old man
rushed out and hailed a policeman, and
said:
If fails in peesness and pays one
hundred and twenty cents on ter tollar,
What does it meanp"
Z" 1t means that you don't understand
how to fall" was the reply.
Is dot bossible3" whispered the old
man,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

Tobacco " is fragrant, soothing and
delicious drug-not equalled as luxury
by any other plant that grows. 1t is pc.
culiarly welcome to one who is away from
home or lonely-as some of the soldier
boys and several millions more can testi-
fy. 1t is the poor mans luxury, and there
are few kind hearts that would rob the
laborer of his evening pipe. Many per-
sons have used tobacco from youth to old
age without any apprecable injury to
their health"
1t is a pity that this one.sided statement
cannot stand alone, but there are other
facts which we should ponder. 1t is
probably safe to say that not one man in
ten can use tobacco temperately; and
that, of students-that is, editors, minis
ters, lawyers and all sedentary people
there is no example on record of any one
of them using it moderately. The result
is, that we have no doubt the number of
years of human life lost by the use of to-
baccO is greater than the years of life lost
by the drinking of alcoholic liquors. 1t
is great misfortune, every way, for
young man to contract the habit. He
stands nine chances out of ten to have his
life shortened by it, and ten chances in ten
to have his usefulness impaired. The
tobacco user is often subjected to great
annoyance, inconvenience and sometimes
to shame; and he can hardly hope to be as
agreeable or useful TO others as he would
be without it. The effort 10 break the
habit, when once it is fully settled, in
wolves SO much pain that few persons
have sufficient endurance and will-power
to persevere in it-and yet the alternative
is liable to come, to the student-stop! be
insane! or die! And one may wake up
to the alternative when it is too late to
choose. Boys, take the advice of one who
is no fanatic, and never touch the weed.
1t may be said just as truly of it, as of
another drug, though it moves more slow
ly, AT the last ii biteth like serpent,
and stingeth like an adder."-Intertor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

To TRANSFER ENGRAvINGs ON GLASS.
Take your engravings, and cutting away
all the margin, lay them between damp
towels until soft and rather moist, but not
so that they will break. Beforehand var
nish your glass with fine Demar varnsh,
and allow it to dry until just tacky; place
the engraving on its face down, and with
Il cloth or pad pat it gently over and over
until every part adheres. Then take the
finger and commence rolling off all the
white paper. AS you approach the thin
coat of engraving use great care. Allow
to dry, and if you see any white spots,
wet the finger and remove them carefully.
Your transparency will be before you in
all tho perfection of the engraving. II
you wish to color it, take powder colors
and rub them smoothly on glass with
Demar Or copal varnish. Use brush
for each color. The engraved shades will
be all sufficient. Then give coat OF
Demar. and, if you desire ground glass
ground, cover the bare space with babbinet
pressed on the varnish.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

PRINTERS AND PRINTING. Many who
condescend to illuminate this dark world
with the fire of their genius through the
columns of newspaper, little think of the
printer, who sits up at midnight to correct
their false grammar and photography, and
worse punctuation. We have seen the ar
guments of lawyers, in high reputc as
scholars, sent to the printer in their own
handwriting-many words, especially tech
nical and foreign terms, abbreviated,
words misspelled, and few or no points,
and these few, if any, certainly in the
wrong places. We have seen the sermons
of eminent divines sent to the press with
out points or capitals to designate the di-
visions of the sentences; also the letters
of the political and scientific correspon-
dents. Suppose all these had been so print
ed the printer would have been treated with
scorn and contempt. No one would have
believed that such gross and palpable
faults were owing to the ignorance or
carelessness of the author; and no one
but the practical printer knows how many
hours the compositor, and after him the
proof reader is compelled to spend in re-
ducing to readable condition, manuscript
that often writers themselves would be
puzzled to read.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

ACTIVITY NOT ENERGY.-The Christian
onion thus defines the difference between
activity and energy, and suggests wherein
q large class of industrious people lack
that element which produces success.
There are some men whose failure to
succeed in life is q problem to others as
well us to themselves. They are indus
trious, prudent and economical; yet, after
a long life of striving, old oge finds them
still poor. They complain of i'll luck.
They say that fate is always against them.
But the fact is that they miscarry, because
they have mistaken mere activity for en-
ergy. Confounding two things essentially
different, they have supposed that if they
were always busy they would be certain
10 be advancing their fortunes. They
have forgotten that misdirected labor is
the waste of activity. The person who
would succeed is like a marksman firing
at target; if his shots miss the mark
they are waste of powder. So in the
great game of life, what man does must
be made to count, or might almost RS well
have been left undone. Everybody knows
some one in his circle of friends who,
though always active, has this want oil
energy. The distemper, if we may call
it such, exhibits itself in various ways
In some cases the man has merely an ex.
ecutive capacity when he should have a
directive one-in other language, he
makes a capital clerk of himself when he
ought to do the thinking of the business
In other cases, what is done is not done
either at the right time or in the right
way. Energy, correctly understood, is
activity proportoned to the end.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20
Debts Of the Southern States.

The Nashville american presents the
following exhibits of the debts of southern
states:
The debt of Alabama in 1873 was S9..
452 500; real and personal estate, tax
basis. $l17, ,486,5S1; tax, 70 cents; amount
raised by tax, 1927 ,399
Arkansas, debt, $4,l53,035; unfunded
debt, $l3,967, ,0l2: tax basis, $94,00O000;
tax. GO cents, amount raised by tax, S457,-
450
Florida. debt, Sl,34s,272; tax basis,
S3,000.000; tax. 80 cents; amount raised
by taxation, S225,000.
| Georgia, debt, Sl0,644, 800; tax basis.
S235, ,659, $50; tax, SO cents; amount raised
by tax, 81, l,l29,990. In 1872 Georgia an
nulled $lO.477, 900 clearly fraudulent
bonds. leaving the debt at that time $l0,.
$50. 800, recognizing $5,79S,000 of the
Bullock bonds.
Kentucky's debt is only Sl,S52,S4l; her
tax basis, 1857 7,326,013; tax, 40 cents.
| Louisiana's debt in 1873 amounted tc
S12,660, ,443; tax basis, la, 10000; tax
Sl.45. The amount raised by taxation ir
1873 was $2473,629.
Mssissippi's debt. s2,954.459; tax 81
cents; tax basis, S127.000,000; amount
raised by taxation, S634,701.
Missouri's debt in 1878 was $16,758,000
tax basis. real and personal, little ovel
| $4,000, 900; tax, 40 cents; amount RAISED
by taxation, $2,S43,9 ,953.
North Carolina's debt in 1878 was S27,
120,228: tax, SO cents; amount raised by
taxation in 1878, S533,63
South Carolina's s debt in 1873 wa.
S6,739, 500; tax basis little over 1925,
100000; tax, 45 cents; amount raised by
taxation, $7l5,9S2. The debt statement il
1874 was 17,0l7 551, of which $9,54075
was bond debt, $2,609,293 floating debt
and $4,797, ,608 contingent liability, ant
this statement did not include $5,695,00t
bonds issued for conversion of state secu
rites under act of 1869, which even a re
publican legislature declared issued with
out authority. The amount given as th
debt in 1878 is that left after fair judcia
investigation by u court created for tha
purpose.
Texas debt in 1873 was $5,073, ,S6l; ta
basis. S257, ,632, ,0O9; tax, so cents; amour
raised by tax, $l,356,17O.
Virgnia's debt in 1873 was $29, 1850, 1926
her tax basis, real and personal. 1922, ,569
631 tax so cents; amount raised by tax
$2,500,0 per annum. Since that time
settlement has been proposed.
Tennessee's debt and interest is S24
S57,1l5; the debt as stated Having bee
scaled down so per cent? will amount t
little over $12,000,00G, the interest t
about $500,O00; requiring tax of les
than 35 cents on the Sl00 in the additio
to the amounts from other sources, sue
as privileges and the 100000 from rail
roads to pay this and ordinary expenses
The tax basis in 1873 was 1928, PIP Is;
and the amount raised in 1873 was 1926
529.
1t will be seen at once from this tht
Tennessee will bear, after this settlemen
lighter burdens than any southern stat,
f even after Louisiana secures her reductio
of interest to 3 per centum for fftee
years, leaving the principal intact.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

! The "NORTHER" AT VERA CRUz.-A
writes from Vera Cruz rs follows:
The barbor may be as smooth as glass,
as it very often is, the guards asleep
against the gate posts everything burning
up under the sun. In considerable less
than ten minutes everything is changed.
A Whit of cool air strikes the soldiers and
wakes them up, and they see the storm
coming-a little black cloud. growing
larger every minute. Almost before they
have time to slam the custom house gates
the wind is blowing furiously and the air
is full of sand, most of which goes into
peoples eyes. The harbor is full of big
waves, and the ships are tossing around
around as if they were in mid ocean.
Every steamer gets up full head oi
stea so that she can put to sea in case of
her cables breaking. as they sometimes
do. Small fishing vessels within sight oi
land do not dare try to get in, but put out
into the gulf.
The water becomes almost as white as
milk, from the stirring of the coral sand
on the bottom, and in few minutes the
waves are beating over the top of the
custom house, fifty feet high, washing its
roof. Sometimes they come with such
force that when they strike the solid wall
of the custom house, they shoot up into
the air 4 hundred feet Or more; and the
Vera Crusans. instead Of getting into the
strongest draught they can find and enjoy
ing siIe good breeze from our northern
country. like sensible people, wiring their
hands and say,"What wretched weather, "
Cor Spanish words to that efecO. The
northers often last three or four days, and
cool off the whole country, even upon the
table lands and all the way over to the
Pacific coast. While they last business iu
Mexico is suspended-not only along the
coast, where the natives seem to think
themselves in great danger of freezing to
death, but in the mountain side cities and
upon the high table lands.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

A WORD FROM LONGSTREET.-Gene
all Longstreet has been interviewed by II
correspondent of the Philadelphia Times
and has something to say concerning the
late war. He was one of the few who
was sensible enough to accept the situa-
ton, at the close of the war, and he makes
some interesting declarations. He admit
ted that the chief fault among the confed.
crate authorities was the failure to con-
centrate the troops. He thinks there was
too much inefficiency at Richmond. He
regarded Joe Johnston as the abest gen.
eral on the southern side, and Grant the
best on the northern. In this connection
he said:
Grant was incomparably the greatest
He possessed an individuality that i'm
pressed itself upon all that he did. Nc.
Clellan was a skilful engineer, but never
rose above the average conclusions of hi;
council. Sherman never fought greai
battle, and displayed no extraordinary
power. But Grant was great. He under
stood the terrible power of concentration
and persistency. How stubbornly he stuck
to Vicksburg and Richmond. He concen'
trated all his strength, trained his energies
to a single purpose, and then delivered
terrible sledge hammer blows agains,
which strategy and tactics and valor coulC
avail nothing. He knew that maiorities
properly handled must triumph in war n:
in politics, and he always gathered his
resources together before striking.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20
SENTIMENT OF THE SANDS


We wandered away from the crowd.
The blare Of the noisy band.
By the loving lips of the ocean,
Over the golden sand:
Talking ridiculous nonsense.
Inspecting preposterous shells,
Flotsam and jetsam, various.
With singular maratime smells.
bottle barrel, some seaweed.
Some muscular bvalves agape,
The remains of their edible persons
Shriyelled aud dried out of shape;
Past children interring each other
In jocular tablets of sand,
Digging, and delving, and laughing.
merry sepulchral band.
Might smoker" As matter Of course"
She liked the smell of the weed.
A light from a son Of the soil.
And back with impetuous speed.
She was poised in pensive pose
As I'noiselessly neared her stand.
And saw that she wrote, with her parasol,
Lines on the golden sand.
My heart it patted my ribs;
She's writing, no doubt. on the
The name that pleases her best
MY own. I'll be bound" though
Over her shoulder peeped-
Over her ruffiing collars,
On the golden sand she'd scrawled
100000. -HdrpeT's Ba7dl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

An inventive genius in Bushnell, ILL.,,
named Hamilton, has discovered n process
for making hard wood lumber out of
common wheat straw, and produces upon
it all the effects of polish and finish that
can be obtained on the hardest of black
walnut and mahogany, and at as little cost
as in manufacturing clear pine lumber.
The straw is soaked in a chemical solution
until its fibers are completely saturated
and softened, and is then run through n
succession of rollers, coming out of the
end of the machine as hard, dry lumber,
ready for use. Lumber" thus produced
is impervious TO water, and only very
hot fire will burn it, 1t is susceptible OF
very high polish. and even in saving it is
difficult to distinguish 1t from the wood
which it initiates. st,t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

THE SECRET OF PREACHING.-ln the
differentiation going on in society. it seems
to me as though the ministry failed to see
their opportunity and what it demands.
Preachers are no longer the sole or even
the chief instructors of the people. We
no longer depend on the "long prayer "
for the village news; we get it from the
village newspaper. As teacher, the daily
and weekly and monthly press have many
advantages over the preacher. He cannot
compete with them. But there is one
thing he can do which hey cannot-he
can speak directly to that which every
man knows to be highest in him-the
spiritual nature, that which is of kin to
God. To do this should be the preachers
study. His work is not to amuse the
Imagination, to excite the sensibiities or
to convince the reason, but to arouse the
spiritual nature. He is specialist, and
his specially is, not to demonstrate q doc.
trine, but to develop character; not to de-
velop all the character, but that which is
su preme, or should be-faith, hope, love,
the divine life. We do not, Messrs. Cler-
gymen, 90 to church to be amused, OF
even to be instructed, but to be revived
Cathedral magnilicence, social enjoyment
and advantage, choice music, pulpit py-
rotechnics and pulpit logic are poor sub
stitute for words that. like Christ's, have
in them life.-Lucias, IN Christiom Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

LIFE TINE OF LocoMoTIvE.-T
iron horse does not last much longer than
horse of flesh and bones. The ordinary
life of locomotive is thirteen years.
Some of the smaller parts require renewal
every six months; the boiler tubes last
FIVE years, and the crank axles six years
boilers and fire boxes, from six to seven
years; the side frames, axles and other
parts, thirty years. An important advant-
age is that a broken part can be repaired,
and does not condemn the whole locomo-
tive to the junk shop; while, when a
horse breaks leg, the whole animal is
only worth the flesh. fat and bones, which
amount to a very small sum in this coun-
try, where horse flesh does not find its
way to the butchers shambles.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

In building chimney. put a quantity
of salt into the mortar with which the in
ner course of brick are to be laid. The
effect will be that there will never be an
accumulation of SCOT in the chimney. The
philosophy is thus stated: the salt in the
portion OF mortar which is exposed, alb
serbs moisture from the atmosphere every
damp day. The SCOT. thus becoming
damp. falls down in the fire place. This
Is an English discovery and is used with
success in Canada.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

1t is said that the Chinese have a meth.
cd of preserving grapes during the entire
year by cutting circular piece out of a
ripe pumpkin or gourd, making an aper-
ture large enough to admit the hand. The
interior is then completely cleaned out,
the ripe grapes are placed inside and the
cover replaced and pressed in firmly. The
pumpkins are then kept in a cool place.
and the grapes will be found to retain
their freshness for very long time.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

DR.. j. NJ. Buzzell. one of the veterans
of the Maine legislature of 1851 who
voted for the original Maine law, at late
commemorative reunion closed his ad-
dress by saying: d
"When the rebellion was about to close
it went into petticoats. That is just where
we have got the liquor traffic in our
larger places, where it is concealed under
the petticoats of women. A woman in
Portland had a petticoat with pockets
keeping brandy on one side and gin on
the other"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

AN INFANTILE VIEw.-This is the view
taken of it by an infant of St. Joseph,
Missouri: ,..-... sg-
Little Freddie was undergoing the disa-
greeable operation of having his hair
combed by his mother, and he grumbled
at the manGuvre. .4.. -..
"Why. Freddie" said mama, g" you
ought not to make such a fuss. don't
fuss and cry when my hair is combed.'
Yes," replied the youthful party, "but
your hair amt hitched to your head.',-
Editors Dra,eer, IN RGrper'S Magazine
for July.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

Two darkies wero vaunting their eour-
age. ~ isn't 'feard O. nothing. it isn't"
said one, Den, Sam, I Ireckon you isn't
feared to loan me q dollarPn . No.
Julius, I isn't feared to loan you q dollar,
but I does hate to part wild an old fryn'
forebber.n
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06
A Judge Above Resentment.

In the latter half of the last century, the
Lord Chief Justice of Scotland, who had a
fiac avenue Of trees leading to his country
house. though not growing on ground
which he could call his own. happened to
displease the proprietor, who caused all the
trees to be cut down. The damage was ir-
reparable. but his lor,lship, who was of a
mild and amiable disposition. submitted to
it in silence. Two or three years afterwa,u
it happened that this laird's whole estate
WAS put in jeopardy by the next heir-at-law
producing prior will, which, though it
had long lain dormant, appeared SO plain
and genuine that the laird nearly gave up
his right, and abandoned all hope when he
found it must be decided by the man he
had SO deeply injured. The strict integrity
of the judge was, however, . sufficien.
guarantee that justice wonld be impartially
administered. The Judge, when the cause
came before him. sifted it with indetatiga-
ble industry and zeal for public justice.
when lie discovered that the will was
forgery, and thus, contrary to all expeeta-
tons. the laird gained his cause. He then
Waited on the judge, with shame and con-
fusion, and acknowledged that he would
never have recovered the suit had II not
been for his lorelsAip, as his own counsel
had given it up. "You have nothing to
thank me for" said the Judge, 'sbut my
hiving taken due pains to do you justice.
This was duty owed to myself. and ]
should have been unworthy Of the place /
occupy if suffered any injury done to my
self to influence me in the administration
of justice"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06
Cheek Never Pays.

The race is not to the swift. nor the bat
tie to the strong, nor is it the man with
the largest mouth that gets the most fav-
ors in this world. Yesterday forenoon a
very quiet stranger entered real estate
office on Griswold street and softly asked
il he could use blotting pad moment.
One was handed him and he sat down to Il
table. looking around, and said:
''Ah! thanks, but have you pen and
ink?''
They were furnished him. lie tried the
pen on the pad. shook the ink around and
modestly continued:
''lf you could spare a sheet of paper p
A sheet OF paper was handed him. He
wrote brief letter, and folded it up, and
whispered:
81 shall have to beg an envelope from
you"
An envelope was passed over, and when
he had directed it he looked all over the
table, under the table, up at the ceiling,
and inquired:
you couldn't lend me a stamp, could
you?"
A three-center was handed out, and
when it had been licked on, the stranger
arose and started out. saying:
"As you have no office-boy. suppose
shall have to take this letter to the office
myself"