Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-30

Venture not to the utmost bounds of
even lawful pleasure; the limits of good
and evil join.-FNLier.
A lady in Rutland owns some hens that
are well trained in . way they should
lay. When they are really for business
hey cackle at the door and the lady
tn1its them into the house where ice
nest is prepared for them and where thew
properly deposit their ballot. They never
voc but once at atime, conversational.
A Russian author who Jared to publish
= volume fearlessly criticising the iniqui-
lies of the government has been compelled
literally to eat his own words The Judge
Of i Moscow court gave him the choice of
eating his book or suffering the punishment
If the knout. and on three different DAYS
the unhappy manof letters ate his produc-
ton leaf by leaf until the quarto volume
mad been chewed and swallowed
Som-time the services of civil en-
gineer are cheap at twice the money. A
Henderson county farmer worked four
days last week digging a ditch to drain a
bit Of meadow OF his own into L big pond
90 another mans farm. And when the
ditch was opened, the pond just walked
right into The meadow and located about
twenty acres Of swamp, right where the
hay used to grow. And the farmer WAS
jus; the maldest man .-BurIiHgton RIUE-
eye.
The following list of articles made of
paper were exhibited at Berlin recently
Wash basins, water-cans cdrpetng, hon.
nets, q ship full rugged. lanterns, hats,
masks, skirts, clothes, full suits, straps,
handkerchiefs, napkins, bath-tubs, buckets,
bronzes, flowers, urns, window-blinds,
asphalt rooing, materials for garden
walks, coral, jeweIry, window-curtains.
shirts, lace, and 4 house made of pine, but
with not only roof. ceiling, cornice and
interior walls of paper. but all the furni-
ture, blinds. curtains, chandeliers, carpet
ing. orutmented door. numerous mantel
and table ornaments, and finally IL stove of
asbestos paper burning away cheerfully
and not consuming itself rs it evidently
ought to do. All those things Indicate
some of he possibilities of the adoption of
paper. Who shall say where these posi-
bilities end2-C0M. B4iEetiH.
THAT WATERBURY BRIDGE.-The Cen.
trail Vernon. rairoad won an important
suit in Boston on Thursday. In 1874 the
iron railroad bri lge over the Winooski
river near Waterbury fell through while
undergoing lest, after its completion, but
previous to It's acceptance by the railroad
company from the Contractors, and the
railroad company had 10 reconstruct the
bridge At considerable expense, putting in
new iron and N liking it thoroughly safe
The contractor, in Bos on refused to make
good the damage, and suit WAS entered in
the Suffolk county superior court. The
Witnesses were scattered and the testimo-
ny hard to collect, and after several years
and many legal delays. the railroad com.
pany succeeded in securing evidence show
ing bad faith and breach of contrac. on
the part Of the builders. The court mt
Boston, on Thursday last, gave judgment
in favor of the railroad for twenty-five
thousand dollars and costs, which virtually
ends the case and rec rds great victory
for the railroad. while the decision will be
Of Importance As president 10 similar
cases which may arise when contractors
fail 10 fulfill the terms of agreement