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

miles OF Northford. lie had received the
purchase money of the stock and good
will of his stand, and left town that same
day.
When the company, every one of whom
was present, were taking the account of
the stock they had bought, they looked at
one another in amazement.
We ought to 20 after the man and
ynch him at once" said DR.. Marsh.
He should have been tarred and fcath-
ered, said Domino Van Cleef.
He is amenablc to the law said
Councillor Wade.
81 Let him go, and with a good rid
dance, although he owes me for three
months board" said Landlord Jones.
g lie was an evil eyed, oily tongued.
old spider, entcing our innocent children
into his net. | will advertise him and
warn other communities against him,
said Editor Mclaughlin.
We will make II bonfire of the whole
stock in the middle of Bramblo Swamp,
and call the place ever after Aceldama, or
some such name,' said Deacon Ferris,
gravely.
"What is better than that" said Colonel
Greenleaf, the paper manufacturer, who
never liked to see anything wasted,
will send up man with some sacks, and
at noon we will have all the school chill
drcn in here to see this precious literary
pabulum that rascal has been selling
them, crammed into the bags and carried
of us so much waste paper, hardly fit for
my pulp watts. 1t will impress them with
the worthlessness at least of the miserable
stuff" and the colonel shook hands anew
with Mr.. Bennet in thankfulness for his
instrumcntality in unearthing this pit of
evil.
Colonel Grconleaf paid for the stock the
price of waste paper. the few good books
and magazines that had been kept on sale
as foil, being saved, of course. The
pleasant sunny little room was swept and
garnished. A cheerful, Intelligent, Chris
tian young woman with living to earn,
who was tired of sewing and needed Il
change, was secured us manager, and in
II weeks time the ncws-room was opened
again.
All its former patrons, both young and
old, were obliged to admit that it was far
more attractive than ever before. In
place of the trashy books and periodicals
and viler stuff that the company found
secretcd in the drawers and under the
counters of the former news vender, were
now to be found the leading magazines,
firstclass secular and religious weeklies-
as many of them illustrated as possible
and books, some of them amusing enough,
but ut the same time wholesome, instruct
i've, and with purpose in their writing.
The fact that this revolution in litera-
ture spread before the people of Northford
was effected by the Christian community,
prcjudiccd for u time n certain class whose
reading tastes had been vitiated by the
miserable periodicals and books-some OF
them under very innocent titles and other
guises-but it gradually wore away, and
larger sales are made at this news-room
than ever. The consequences in this one
| village, which is n vcritablc locality, are
larger Sabbath schools, increased at
tendance in the churches, fewer commit
ments of juvenile offenders, and far
healthier moral tone generally.
Does it occur TO any of my readers that
they have Il manifest duty to do in this
line in their own communities?-Ch
| Weekly.
NorE: Almost without exception, every
newsstand has either positively vile liter.
ture, or that which is the "A b c.
leading to it. We can remedy the evil, l
BY sturdily and pcrsistently, and conscien-
tiously refusing to buy of news dealer
who keeps even doubtful literature. 9
We can ask publishers of newspapers,
especially secular ones, to please reprint
the above story.-EctngcJjcN Press Asso
cidtiOH.