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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

COLUMBUS EGG OUTDoNE.-I once
thought that only Christopher Columbus
ever made an egg stand on end without
support. He did it by breaking the shell,
l believe. But now word comes of q gen
tleman who can set up eggs on end, whole
rows Of them, so that they stand by them
selves, and that too, without breaking one
of them! He stands them best on mar
BILE slab, and says that it is not difficult
thing to do.
Then, what l would like to know is,
why didn't Columbus do it in this way,
and save his egg9
Stranger still, this steady-handed gen
tleman can stand an egg on n napkin-ring
and then balance another egg on the top
of the first l am afraid the great dis
coverer couldn't have done that.
But now, patient youngsters, get good
lot of eggs,-if any body will trust you
with them,-sit down quietly and try if
you also cannot outdo Christopher Column
bus. And when you have outdone him in
the matter Of standing eggs on end, get
up, and improve on a few other things ho
dds. Nicholas for October.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

THE WILD CATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The Chillingham herd are the connect
ing link between the wild cattle of Eng
land and those of Scotland-beautiful
creatures, with black ears and muzzles;
"their horns fine, with bold and elegant
bend" who hide their young and feed
in the night, and whose calves lay in
the form like bares. 1t has had many
chroniclers, and Berwick and Landseer
took portraits among its members. The
late Lord Tankerville observed their
manners and customs attentively, no easy
task, as lie would sometimes, in summer,
be for several weeks at a time without
getting a sight of them. At that season,
on the slightest appearance of any one,
the wild cattle retire to their forest sanctu-
airy; but in winter they come down for
food into the inner park, and will let one
come almost among them, especially if on
horseback. Here is a pretty picture of
these strange creatures, remnants of an
old world, which have hitherto been
preserved under extraordinary difficulties,
but cannot we should think, long continue
to exist: "When they come down into
the lower part of the park, which they do
at stated hours, they move like a regiment
of cavalry in single file, the bulls leading
the van; and when they are in retreat the
bulls bring up the rear. Lord Ossulton
was witness to Il curious way in which they
took possession, as ii were, of some new
pasture, recently laid open to them: 1t
was iu the evening, about sunset. They
began by lining the front of a small wood,
which seemed quite alive with them, when
all of Il sudden they made dash forward
alto gether in line, and charging close by
him across the plain, they then spread out,
and after little time began feeding"
The wild white cattle are ferocious
animals valiant fighters, capable of do
mestication when taken very young, but
once partially or wholly grown up, quite
untameable. Mr.. Storer says that they
hate and fear man, ,scenting him as related
by Botehius, and he adds; Il am con-
vnced that if any of them were placed in
captivity his description would be verified;
they would be 'sa impacient that, eftir
THAR taking, they det for importable
doloure.' '"-Spectator.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

MORE THAN A MILE A MINUTE.-There
has recently been controversy among
railroad engineers as to the speed of trains,
some contending that it was impossible to
90 at the rate of mile minute. Recently
a test was made on the fast train Of the
Pennsy lvania railroad, between Philadel-
phia and New York, which makes no stop
for distance of eighty miles, between
Germantown Junction and Jersey City.
Five miles were passed over in exactly
four minutes and tifty-ive and one-fourth
seconds. At another point three miles
were made in two minutes and thirty-siX
seconds. No extra speed was made on
this train, which consisted of four cars,
containing one hundred and sixty-three
passengers. The engineers of the Penn
sylvanian railroad assert that there are a
dozen trains day that make mile a
minute on every trip.-RGtlroad Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

"How LONG HAVE To LIvE"-It
is not every one who asks himself this
question, because, strangely enough, it is
the belief of most persons that their lives
will be exceptionally lengthy. However,
life assurance companies are aware of
the credulous weaknesses Of those whose
lives they assure, and have therefore
compiled numerous tables of expectancy
of life for their own guidance, which are
carefully referred to before policy is
granted. The following is one Of these
we'll authenticated tables in use among
London assurance companies, showing the
average length of life at various ages. By
this table we are enabled to peep, as it
we're, behind the scenes of an assurance
office, and gather from their table the
number of years they will give us to live.
This table has been the result of careful
calculation, and seldom proves misleading.
OF course sudden and premature deaths,
as we'll as lives unusually extended, occa-
sionally occur, but this is a table of the
average expectancy of life of an ordinary
man or woman:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

A STRUGGLE WITH AN OCToPUs.-The
Leeds MurcurU says that rather anus
ing incident was witnessed in the Scar
borough Aquarium the other morning.
The keeper, while engaged in cleaning
out the tank, occupied by the octopods,
was suddenly seized by the leg fortunate
ly he had sea boots on) by the largest of
the octopods, which fastened four of his
tentacles round the leg of the boot, and
with the other four held firmly on to the
rocks forming the back of the tank. A
struggle ensued, during which the man
found he could not disengage himself
without killing the animal, and finally
hit upon the expedient of slipping his leg
out, leaving the boot in the water and
beating retreat. The hungry octopus
stuck to the boot for twenty minutes when
it relinquished its hold.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
Letter From California.
MIR. EDITOR:-

Nix. EDIToR:-
left my home in East Calais August
26th, went to Montpelier, purchased a
ticket for San Francisco, Cal, paying for
the through ticket one hundred and thirty
five dollars. The route chosen was via
Grand Trunk, Rock Island and Union and
Central Pacific railroads. AT 3: 40 O'Clock
in the afternoon of the same day l took
passage on the express. and was en- route
for Montreal and the west.
We made Chicago in the usual running
time, arriving there at o'clock on the
morn ng of August 29th, it being forty-two
hours and forty minutes from Montpelier.
The Grand Trunk seems to he a thor
oughly constructed road. The scenery
through the dominion, and especially on
the shores of the lakes is fine. The only
objection l found with this route was the
nervous, restless manner with which the
trains are run-sudden starts and stops,
heavy conclusions in making couplings,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

PHENOMENA OF RAlN.-One OF the
most curious things about rain is the ine-
quality of its distribution. The reader is
of course aware that rain may be measured
in inches in almost any vessel set out to
catch it. If pail, for example, be put
out in an open space on the ground, it will
catch as much rain rs would otherwise
have sunk into the ground on the space oc-
cupied by the pail. If we visit the pail
after every shower we may by means of
two-foot rule tell what depth of rain has
fallen. This is the principle Of the rain
guage. In practice better means are of
course adopted, so as to prevent evapora-
tion and TO measure the depth. Now 1t is
of great consequence where we place our
rain guage. 1t might be supposed of no
importance whether it were on the top of
the house or in the garden close by; and
yet, strange TO say, guage in the garden
near Westminster abbey caught twenty
three inches of rain in the course of the
year, while one on the roof of house
caught only eighteen inches. and one on
the top of the abbey caught only twelve
inches; fact is, rain forms ut a low eleva-
tion-much lower than is generally sup
posed; or, if not actually formed at very
low elevation. it increases the size of the
drops which come from higher levels.
Thus, while Mr.. Gaisher was descending
in balloon, he passed through dry and
then through wet fog, where the drops of
rain were exceedingly fine, covering his
note book like pins points. These increas-
ed in size on approaching the earth, and
more rapidly when very near the earth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

FORMS OF LIGHTNING.-The different
forms of lightning are thus described by
the Christian Union. A flash of light
ming is very large spark of electricity;
just the same thing that one sees given by
an electrical machine in a lecture on natural
philosophy, the only difference being that
the best machines will not give a spark
more than yard long, while some flashes
of lightning have been estimated to be
several miles in length. According to
their appearance, various names have
been given to these sparks in the sky,
though in reality all the several kinds are
one and the same thing. On warm
summer evening one often sees the clouds
on the horizon lit up with brilliant glows
of lightning unaccompanied by any sound
of thunder. 70 this appearance the name
of :" heat lightning" has been given, and
the warm weather is often assigned as its
cause. In point of fact, the heat light
ming is that of thunder shower so far off
that, while. the observer can see the flash,
no sound of thunder reaches him, and the
intervening clouds veil and reflect the
flash till it becomes a glow instead of the
sharp streak usually seen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

Des Molnes, the capital of Iowa, a CITY of
some twenty thousand Inhabitants. Here
l met the Ainsworth brothers-E. E..
James and Leroy; also w. E. Bliss. all
OF whom were formerly residents of Cal
ais, Vt. The Airsworths are sons of
Harvey Ainsworth, who still resides Mt
Calais. The older of the brothers. f. F.
is OF the firm of Ainsworth & Bonbrioht
dealers in agricultural tools, buggys, wag-
ons and hardware. They have every ap-
pearance of doing thriving business. l
stopped in Des Moines two days and en-
joycd the hospitality of Mr.. E. E. Aims
worth, who is very pleasantly situated
Except he is not marriedD. From all in
dications judge he stands high both rs a
business man and in his social relations.
James, one of the brothers, is an agent
for a Chicago firm, and is selling reapers
and threshers, and is travelling agent.
Leroy, the second brother, is in the en-.
ploy of Ainswortn & Bonbright.
sunday August 3lst, we spent in DeS
Moines and attended church, and Septem-
ber 1st, Iowa State fair being in session in
this city, visited that. 1t is the first year
OF the fair at this place. The grounds are
we'll fitted up and the buildings new, The
show OF cattle was not large, but of fine
quality. The show of hogs was extensive.
Iowa, it will be recollected, and as have
before said, is a corn state, and has large
numbers of swine. The farmers here
who raise swine extensively are mostly
breeders of blooded stock, Poland China
taking the lead and White Chester coming
second. The show of agricultural and
farming tools was extensive; that of
dairyng. fruits and root crops small all
the departments showing the leading in
terest of the state.
At 2 80 o'clock that afternoon | leave
the fair grounds to take the train at 3: 80
for Council Bluffs, which point reach at
10 P. NJ, making the running time from
Chicago to Council Bluffs twenty-four
hours. Council Bluffs is on the Missouri
river which is the western boundary of
Iowa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

On a railway line, recently. passenger
stopped the conductor and asked, Why
don't the train run fasterp"
1t runs fast enough to suit us. If you
don't like the rate of speed get off and
walk" was the rejoinder.
I would" replied the passenger, set
tling back in the seat, but my friends
wouldn't come for me until the train comes
in, and don't want TO be waiting around
the station two or three hours"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

How RAIsINs ARE PREPARED.-A strip
of land bordering the Mediterranean,
somewhat less than one hundred miles in
length, and in width not exceeding five or
six, is the raisin producing territory of
Spain. Beyond these boundaries the
Muscatel grape, from which the raisin is
principally produced, may grow and thrive
abundantly, but the fruit must 60 TO the
market or the wine press. When the
grapes begin to ripen in August the farmer
carefully inspects the fruit as it lies on
the warm dry soil, and one by one clips
the clusters rs they reach perfection. In
almost all vineyards slants of masonry
are prepared. looking like unglazed hot
beds, and covered with fine pebbles, on
which the fruit is exposed TO dry. But
the small proprietor prefers not to carry
his grapes SO far. 1t is better, he thinks,
10 deposit them near at hand, where there
is less danger of bruising, and where bees
and wasps are less likely to find them.
Day by day the cut branches are examin-
ed and turned. till they are sufficiently
cured to be borne 10 the house. usually on
the hilltop. and there deposited in the
empty wine press, till enough have been
collected for the trimmers and packers to
begin their work. At this stage great
piles of rough dried raisins are brought
forth from the wine press and heaped
upon boards. One by one the punches
are carefully inspected, those of the first
quality being trimmed of all irregularities
and imperfect berries. and deposited in
piles by themselves so in turn are treated
those of the second quality, while the
clippings and inferior fruit are received
into baskets at the feet of the trimmers
and reserved for homo consumption. A
quantity of small wooden trays are now
brought forward, just the size of the
common raisin box, and about an inch
deep. In these papers are neatly laid SC
as to lap over and cover the raisins evenly
deposited in the trays. which are ther
subjected to heavy pressure in rude
press. After pressing, the raisins are
dropped into the boxes for market
Scientific american.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
A scotchman ought to know what whis

A Scotchman ought to know what whis-
kew is good for, and here is what DR..
Guthrie once said: " Whiskey is good in
its own place. There is nothing like
whiskey in this world for preserving a
man when he is dead. But it is one Of
the worst things in the world for preserv-
ing man when he is living. If you
want to keep dead man, put him in
whiskey; If you want to kill living
man, put whiskey into him."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
REPRINT OF AN OLD EPIGRAM.


For full three years and something more
You've served me. a faithful pair"
Tis therefore wonder that all things considered
You're looking the " worse for the wear"
Your bottoms" and "uppers" were "a, number one
And fitting SO closely about
Have made good place to keep foot in"
While the damp and the cold you kept out.
IYes " A. number one."I wear nothing else.
Double soes. oak tanned and French calf,
Albeit, old Crispln with impertnence said,
You wear number nine and halfrl
Twas that you had and much to your credit,
In parting permit me to say,
OF being quite constantly " round under foot"
And yet, not much in the way"
In bidding you now a final adleu,
And remembering the good you have done,
give you permission, il the ID don't get you,
To say that your soles are your own"
And If in the place where you finally stop
There should chance to be paper and quill,
Please drop me letter and tell me IL
They permit you to go 1t, boots" still.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

Our readers will easily gather from the
above tabuuted statement the number of
years to which their lives, according to the
law of averages, may reasonably be ex-
pected to extend.-Harper's Bazar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For one square Of 70 lines less of Agate type one
insertion SlO0: for each subsequent insertion .
Unless the number OF insertions marked the ad
yertisement II will be continued until ordered out.
Liberal discount made to merchants aud other adyer-
tising by the year.
Probatea and Commissioners Notices, ,s2O0each.
For Notices of Liberation. Estrays. the Formation
and Dissolution Of Co partnerships, &c. each for
three insertions. Ii sent by mail the money must
company the letter.
Notices in news columns, lOcents per line each in
serton, but no charges made Of less than % cents.
Notices of Deaths and Marriages gratis, but
extended Obituary Notices of Poetry will be charged
at the rate of FIVE cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08
Dog River Valley Premium List.

We give below the premium list for
Dog River Valley Fair:
The exhibitors named below are from Nortb6a,d
unless otf erwise designated
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-08

TIE NAUES,
The following is the summary for the
races:
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-21
On lit dams le Messenger:

-Westminister, dams ls Mary
land, Went d'avoir son petit 70
man. II nest pas a dix lieues a la
rOnde, un pauvre amOUreux econ
duit par les parents de Sa belle,
qui he vote un monceau de coll
ronnes a Miss Emma Brokett ct
tous les ceurs desinteresses,
toutes les ames sensibles parta
geront Get enthausiasme. Oyez
plutot, vous qui niez ramour:
Miss Brokett file dun profeS
seur du Western Maryland Col
Iege, await deuv pOursuivants ct
laiSsait entr' euX, Ell apparence au
moins, la balance indecisr. Natu
rellement les deuX rivauX Sc hais
salient CONNIE Rome ct Carthage
ct he cherchaient qu'une OCCASION
de SO le dire. Ii V II huit jOnrS,
nne rencOntre fortuite, dams la
rue. les nit meme de lie faire ct
PexplicatiOn Sc transtOrma ell une
voice de coups de poings, IL la
suite de laquelle un deS combat
tants, NJ. I~hervoOd, jenne etn1i
ant d'a> enir. fut arrete, mis- an
po>te, expulse du college ct lr
lendemain renvoye chez lui Ell
compagnie dun constable.
Est ce que la soci6te DUN police
man manque dFinteret Ell general;
est ce que par hasarl le constable
designe etait plus sot que dordi
naire; est &c autre chosel LIE fait
est qua moitie chemin letudiant
faussa compagnie son cerbere,
retourna sur ses pas, revint aux
pieds de son ielole, plaida 81 bien
"a cause, fut 81 tonchant en- I'll
contant ses suntfrances qu'On
Pagrea sur le champ ct quill Sc
MARIA le lendemain.
Morale: Si vOus eteS deux 4
vous 'lisputer le ceur dune in
d6clse beaut6, livrez battaiIle n
votre rival, faltes vOus metJre au
clou (ca rend interessant) ct ne
frequentez pas trop longtemps
les policemen qui vous acconpa
gnent.
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J. vERGN0LE.

0S..-..."..1kue Decatur ~
On Sc llemslmie cO,nme., ~
Prevent une fOule de maladies teIlos ~.
les nevres intcrmittentes, la dysnens;s
maladits de poitrine: Phthisie. Rhn,,.. !"
Bronchite, Angne, GranuIa,:ons. is,xn.
ite, Aphonie, Asthme, Pleuresie' IvmvLs
tlsme, Maladies du Foie, dc Ia vs:s;sp !.
des |oies Urinaires. des Neyrulp;ss '', ~. =
lie pansement des plaics. pOa'
Lon PREVENT ct lon guerit toutes -.
mitiadies en- faisant usage de w.
L'EUCALYPTUS Rl,I"rrus
Depuis introduction on Europe de- pm.
calyptus par r, Ramel, Ut dcpuss Que m ~. ~
tention du mond. sciutitiuuc a 6fS sn,..
Zee sur les avantages multiples oue t'r,
pouVai1 tlrer de cette reu,aruuabie nl.nt.
pour la guerisOn dc divcrs.s ,naiad;o.
uh gland nombre de praticiens ,,st;na
ont ont constate ct demontre 'ef1;cac;t. =.
fEucalyptus. '"'''e "
Les produits de l'Eucalyptus, sont sm
ployes avec grand sncces deul,is nIn.;sn,
a"nees dans les h6pitaux de Paris.
l., Le g Bitter hucaiyptus, Comma.
ue Ia piante dc &c nuul, est uu nr6vs"s;
sur contre une fouls de maIa,lies
~ Depot general: BURKE a. THI,Mps., III
Ju-Sly- Ia" A. "
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CoUR.-Malgre Ia chaleur, la

COUR.-Malgre Ia chaleur, la
cour de District ne s.aiournera
que vers la fin de la semaine pro-
chaine, epoque a laquelle toutes
les atfaires ciyiles les plus impor
tantes seront terminees. QUAINT
aux accuses contre lesquels un
verdict de culpabilite a etc rendu,
le iuge ma pas encore rendu de
sentence contre Leo ct Elphege
Adams trouves coupables d'as-
saut ct batterie avec intention de
tuer. Leur defenseur 4 d'abord de
mand6 une nouvelle addition de
l'affaire, qui lui ia etc refus6e ];
puis il fait une demande de sus.
pension de jugement qui lui sset6
egalement refusee. La femme Ave
lima Newton trouvee coupable
d'assaut ct batterie a etc condam
nee a deux mois de prison de pa
roisse ct a $50 d'amende ct a de
faut du Placement de lamende a
trois mois de prison de plus.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-06-21
THIBODAUX, IMM, SAMEDl FL JUN 1879

Un avoue expose nne affai:e.
II allait grand train, sans plus se
soncier des brotussailles que les
articles du Code mettaient sur Sd
route. LIE juge rinterrompt:
-Prenez garde, ,naitre X..-.-
vous parlez devant IN magistrat
qui est a cheval sur la loi.
Monsieur le juge! s'ecrie <
80. en prenant IN air effraye,
tenez vous bien. II NY a rien de
dangereux CONNIE de mOnter une
bette Qu'on ne connait pas!
Maitrc x. Sc fit METRE a
pied pour trois mOis.
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La G4sette de Francf0rt ra-

COuJe l'ducCuOUc SuIN duIc
"Serge Lawroski, un des agents
les plus habileS de la police Sc.
crete russo, await etc envoye de
Petersburg a Pultawa, avec la
mission speclale de decouvrir ror-
ganisation tres developpee des
nlhilistes dams cette vile. Arrive
a Pultawa, Lawroski dep'oya une
grande activit6. ct le success au-
rait probablement couronn6 ses
efforts, 81 lie sort n'avait pas YOU
lu que son c9ur s'eprit dune
jeune file cllarmante, la file du
pope Achrlstotf, agee de dix sept
ans.
Pour lie malheur lu policier, Ia
jeune personne etait une nihiliste
enragee, ct voici ce qui a,riva all
pauvre Lawroski, lorSqu'il Sc ren
dit. un soir, au premier rendez
vous. dams un pare situe a quel
que distance de la vile.
eau lieu deS felicites quill at
tendait, il V perdit. lie nez ct
les oreilles, car. au rendez vous,
la jeune file etait accompanied
de cinq nihilistes masques, armes
de poignards ct de revolvers ; lis
attach6rent lie policier a un arbre,
ct, ensuite, accomplirent leur ope
ration. Ce ne tut que lie lende-
main matin qu'un soldat de pc
lice trouva le policier dams un
etat epouvantable.
Gun billet ainsi concu await etc
place dams sd poche
"Nous lui avons coupe lie nez
parce "que c'etait IN espion, e,
les Oreilles, "parce quill s'est con
duit CONNIE un "gros ane, EN- 81
prenant dune des n6tres.'
Epilogue Lawroski est dams
IN etat desespere Mile Achris'
toff disparu de Pultawa, ct lie.
coupables n'out pu etrs decou
! verts.