Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-12

! The New York Herald says: Senators
Edmunds and Thurman. one republican
the other democrat. are bosom friends
They even set their watches alike"
Is it true that a general frivolousness.
spirit of laughter. an utter ineapacity fol
seriousness, is eating away the character
and manllness Of the American people.
Gen. Sherman finds that Georgia anC
Florida are drawing 1.-The best possible
type Of immigration and that the whol'
southern country is stepping abreast o
the north.
The holders of the bonds OF Rutland
railroad company under the several mort
cages will meet at Young's Hotel, Boston
on the 18th inst, to consider q plan fol
funding all the liabilities of the company
The Princess Louise, it is predicted, viii
work dress reform among the women Of
this continent. Her attire is very simple,
and she makes no display of jewels. At
recent entertainment at Rideau Hall she
wore no ornaments whatever.
The president has nominated n. p
Banks to be marshal for the district o.
Massachusetts, j. n. Patterson TO bt
marshal for the district of New Hamp
shire. and Martin l. Townsend to be attor'
ney of United States for the northern
district of New York.
To Vice President Wheeler, says ;
correspondent of the Albany Journal, "
said a few days since, in n chance CONVEX.
sation: You care as little as any man
ever knew for the mere pomp and millinery
of high office But how little is there IN
it to make one care for it, he replied
thoughtfully.'
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT BELOW!
FALLS F. p IIadley, prominent either
of Bellows Falls, and dealer in stoves ant
tinware. was at work over vat of no
water at Walker, Blake e Co.'S brewery
recently, mending steam pipe, when thu
platform gave way, precipitating him int
hot water up to his waist. His feet, lin b
and body TO the waist were burned so thai
the skin came off with his clothing.
A FAST HoUND.-J. A. Ford, of BATTLE
Creek, Mich, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. owns a heavy built mastiff hound
which followed n passenger train, on whicl
was his master. the other day, to Ceresco
village eight miles distant arriving ;
few minutes after the cars, his feet sor,
and bleeding from contact with the splint
ers on the ties, having made the distance
/ of eight miles in halt an hour.
Truth is always consistent with itself
lies betray themselves by their incongruity
Smith Weed testified yesterday that wher
he met Pelton in Baltimore TO get the $50,
900 for his South Carolina bribery Job
Pelton told him that the matter had com
to the knowledge of Tilden, who wouldn'
allow money to be used But Tilden STATED
in his letter of denial that he had neve
heard Of these things till long afterwards
Liars should have good memories. --Alb1n,
Journal.
THE BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT
The sum OF six thousand dollars ha
now been pledged to the Bennington mon
ument fund, in addition to appropriation
| from the several states This has com
from all parts of the country and all bu
about 800 of it is in sums Of 800 AM
upwards. But little effort has been mad
thus far to obtain subscriptions, and it i
believed that vigorous prosecution of tn
work Of collecting funds would result il
large accessions TO the exchequer of tn
association
Referring to the late Caleb Cushing, o
Massachusetts, this story is told of hi
wide knowledge: " Once the publishers o.
the first edition of Webster's Dictionar,
sent him from Springfield presentation
copy, requesting in return critical notice
Gushing, having plenty of leisure time
glanced ut the first page, and found nu
merous mistakes. He read the second page
and found rs many more. He read III
entire book, and wrote to the publishers
that if they expected he was going t
write complimentary notice of boob
with five thousand errors in it, they wer,
mistaken. The publishers of course foun,
fault with his extraordinary statement
and wrote back that ifhe would prove thi
to the satisfaction of Prof. Porter. O
Harvard, the editor of the dictionary, the,
would believe him. Angry at this impu
tation, this extraordinary man read thu
gigantic book over again, and wrote on
the five thousand mistakes, and MALE,
them to Prof. Porter