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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

How GARFIELD GATHERS FACTs.-
General Garfield credits the success Of
his extemporaneous speeches, noted for
the wealth OF information, TO his system of
flXlng what he is likely to want in his
reading or study, by noting it down in II
large leather blank book, arranged with
index and classification division for the
name, author, page and subject matter.
A Cleveland correspondent who visited
Garheld's home was shown an armlu of
those memorandum books. There were
many hundreds of pages filled with scraps.
annotations, picked sentences, incidents
and wttcisms from n collection of authors
and newspapers, representing the best
thought in the literature, modern and an.
clent. OF almost the entire world. Besides
these quotations, there were numerous
thoughts of his own upon the innumerable
things he had read during the course of
MS prolonged studies, and which he had
tmoalmed in black and white when the
idea was warm and living in his brain.
All were arranged in the incest order, and
through the series of books one could fol-
low the trail of the great dcbater's read
lnSs from their beginning almost to the
present time. Thus for the wear 1859.
you find the first anAotations on financial
subjects. These are at first somewhat
mixed in with more or less ofI
the classic poets; then they become more
frequent until they outnumber all other
,oPlcs' ana are full OF " ooke's History of
Prices, and "Sir Archibald Allison.n
when Garfield followed Pig Iron Kelly
into the history of France and England
10 the discontinue of The old man and his
soft money friends. Reinforcing his scrap
BOOKS be has large case of pigeon. holes, |
holding, perhaps, fifty boxes labeled "Ihe |
Press" French Spoliation," Tariff"
Geneva Award General Politics, ~
Public Men," parliamentary Decis-
ions, Anecdotes" electoral Laws and
Commission, " etc, filled with the choicest
references and bits of current literature on
The various special topics, and he is CON
Iinually replenishing from every product
Of the printing press. lie is thus able to
prepare in an hours time to speak with
detailed intelligence on any question that
may be sprung in the House of Represen-
ta!ives. In case he wants to talk against
he democrats when they are Yelling
u fraud " and denouncing the electoral
commission, he goes to his box and runs
over the newspaper clippings on that sub,
ect, and is almost sure to find lust the
hing he wants-some ugly fact that the
opposition has forgotten, because none of
hem have taken the care to preserve it in
he cold exactness of black and white.
: Oh. ' said the general, I'D rather have
his old hencoop, which has cost me
wenty years of mental toll to stock,
thousand times over, than Mr.. Tilden's
'arrel and all it contains"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

} The STAY-AT THoME-Now the rush O
weary men and women from their home.
10 The forests and lakesides begins. Are;ld,
: the summer hotels are opening; the vari
Gus establishments that charge so mucl
Tor carrying your person, or so much fol
SIX or eight hours rest, or so much for 4
sense OF GOODNESS, are now in motion; ant
The summer schools, that have taken rapb
rs national institutions, from mountain
peak and riverside are beating their intel
lectual gongs.
But, out of the millions who are saluteJ
by these invitations, many thousands there
VIII be who cannot respond. Some en-
ctalning sense of duty-telusive it may
be-wlll keep their feet in the beaten.
dusty paths and their hands in the friction
anu heat of weary, distasteful Offices.
Perhaps II is the tired mother who will
uncomplaningly move on in the tread.
mill OF unvarled tasks; while the youno.
the strong, the fresh-hcarted HE away to
mountain side and sea shore. They are
young she says TO herself, and d" love
recreation Still how can she but lone
Tor little wider and freer spell of life ?
somtlhIDg of change and rest and iovous.
careless exercise?
Yet whoever goes and whoever st,rs
some one makes sacrifice. some on. bas
need of patienre and has need to read Iho
LESSONS of the situaliOn;-for every situa-
'i"n mas them. In the heart of the ruo-
gede>t experience il nsuaIIy =, .,rt WV
real profit; and the chief adyantay,. of ,hn
stay-al-home is in the renewed dedication
to duty which generally attends sacrifice
IL Is h,,,U ,,f, 81 4 "a
oenevoience involved in pain that we care
10 speak; Tor there are di,ecter benefits
which accrue to those who abide by the
labors they cannol desert. There is salts.
faction in feeling thai we are us the pilot
III the wheel, Indispensable to the progress
and safety of the ship
Neither is home life less hcalthful and
truly enjoyable than Il great deal, called
pleasure, for which the crowds assemble
at Saratoga and Long Branch. 1t has
nov hlng OF the fever and strain and arti-
iicai excitement of social existence in the
not beds OF frivoity and hypocrisy. The
Key strain of home life is clear, pure
note; that OF fashionable society is the
chatter ana device OF parrots. Many things |
worth seeking Will come to US and be our
guests. Art hnds Its way to the household: :
music mas become the very handmade of
SIMPLE joys; the press showers its bounty
On the just and the unjust; and literature,
-he universal friend, finds few homes so
humble that it will not cross their tbresh.
bids.
Still we Go not be-little the blessings of
4 changed existence-the enlarged views
md experiences to be gained by transnort.
ng ones self into the midst of new scnnes
md people and customs. Only it is possi.
Die TO miss these and vet maintain a scrone
enor of mind. The dignity of the indi.
'idual life is completeness fulpess-no,
If the things that happen to ms but of
what we think and exnerienoo VII VI
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

A GREAT WoRK.-Somewhere about
three thousand workmen, six or seven
hundred wagons, seventeen or eighteen
locomotive engines, three steam "navies''
and a great quantity of minor machinery
of various kinds have been engaged since
1873 mt the southeast end of London in IL
work compared with which the building
of the pyramids-with modern appliances
would have been no very signal feat.
Hitherto the one entrance to the Victoria
docks from the Thames had been at Black
well point, but now there is dock capable
of receiving all vessels, no matter what
they might be. Three and half miles
of walls have been built, inclosing ninety
acres of water. These walls are forty feet
high, five feet thick Mt the top, and eight
cen or nineteen feet thick at the bottom,
the whole of this enormous mass being
composed of solid concrete, for which
eighty thousand tons of Portland cement
have been used. Some four million cubic
feet of earth have been dug out 1t may
assist the Imagination somewhat to state
that if it were filled into ordinary carts
the vehicles would form an unbroknn line
seven thousand miles long The excava-
tions have gone through II submerged for
est, and among other cnriosities dug out
have been II reindeer's horn, Roman
vase.and what is supposed 10 he an ancient
British canoe carved out of solid oak
The latter is now in the British museum.
The new entrances below Woolwich will
save three and Il half miles of river navi-
cation, which, in the case Of vessels with
heavy draft, is of course a matter of very
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

A PoSrMASTER's REPoRr.-The Atlanta
ConStttuft0n vouches for the following as
being true copy of Il report on file in the
department at Washington. The writer
Is identified by u Peoria, Ill, paper, and
the document speaks for itself. 1t was
the first effort of the " Waterford" " post
master to render quarterly report:
waterford, fulton co ills
July the 8 1858
muster james buckanin, president of
United States Dear Sur Bean required by
the Instructions of the post office to report
quartly, | now foolfil that pleasin duty by
reportin as follows. The Harvestin has
beeu going on perty we'll and most of the
nabors have got their cuttin abought dun,
wheat is hardly an average crop, on rollin
lans corn is yellowsh and corn wont out
more than ten or fifteen booshils to the
aker the health of the communitie is only
tolerably meesils and colery have broke
out in about 3 and u half miles from hear,
THAR air II powerful awakenin on the sub
Jec of religun in the potts naborhood and
many soals are ben made to know there
sins forgiven miss nancy Smith a neer
nabor had twins day before Yesterday one
OF them is seventh monther is a poar
scraggy thing, and won't live half its DAYS
this Is all know and have to report the
present quarter Civ my respects to Mrs.
buckanln and subscribe myself yoors
trooly
Abigail jenkins
p m at fulton Co ills
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21
Abigail jenkins
p m at fulton Co ills

WAITE, THE BRATrLEBoRo FoRGER.-
A letter has been received from man.
representing himself 10 be detective,
who promises for $1,000 to catch S. NJ.
Waite, the forger and defaulter, anl de-
liver him in Brattleboro within twenty
days. Evidently the detective does
have very lively hopes that the five thou.
sand dollars reward voted by the directors
can ever be paid. Very few people who
ever knew Waite, however, have any idea
that he has been fool enough to remain in
the country until this time, or to 90 to any
place where an eXtradion treaty could
reach him. Extradtion is subject which
he has been studying for several years
and about which he was thoroughly in
formed. The amount of his forgeres
and borrowing of money on forged papers,
SO far as known, is thus far $685. 900. 1t
is also certain now that he took many
special deposits of bonds, sold them and
pocketed the money,so that with his fraud
ulent stock and private debts, the amount
which he has swept out of this community
may be safely put at over half a million of
dollars and approaching $600,00O Mr..
Price is going to the bottom of the insti.
tuition as fast as skill and experience will
enable him; and every days investigation
makes things worse and worse. No ac-
coun IS worthy of the name have been
kept, and he is satisfied that there has
been no capital in the bank for over five
years, and that Waite has kept it afloat
and paid dividends by borrowing money
on forged paper in the cities, the amount
rapidly piling up of course every six
months. The wonderful resources of the
man are illustrated by the fact that in this
desperate condition Of affairs he has in
one day within year paid out over $7O,-
900 on tho checks of the depositors.
About 20 years ago Waite bargained for
piece of land in the vicinity of the West
river bridge, with Nelson Crosby. He
took possession but took no deed, Mr.. Cros.
by refusing to give one until Waite should
give mortgage back; this he refused to
do and consequently none was given,
though Waite has had possession of the
land till now, and every six months paid
therefor the interest on the purchase
price agreed upon, $1,000. After Waite
abscondsd Mr.. Crosby undertook to take
possession and cut the hay, but Will
Waite asserted his right to it by adverse
possession as his fathers agent, and Gus.
ted Mr.. Crosby. Crosby has brought a
suit of trespass against young Waite, and
had him arrested. He gave bail and
awaits trial. Windhans County, (N.,) Re.
former,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

NIAGARA DRY.-" The Falls of Niagara
were dry for whole day." said the Rev.
T. B. Fuller of Hamilton, Ontario, in n
recent lecture. The accuracy of the story
was questioned, and now the clergyman
publishes the sworn statements of several
persons that say they saw the phenome-
non. They say that it occurred on March
81, 1913. At o'clock in the morning SO
little water was dripping over that man
and his daughter walked half way across
from the Canadian shore, near the edge of
the precipice. The girl stuck pole into
a crevce Of the rock, and left handker-
chief flying from the top. Not content
with this feat, they went half mile above
the fall, and rode part way across the bed
of the river in Il wagon. Others did SINH
lar things. The jagged rocks at the bot
tom below the falls were exposed. This
strange condition lasted until ni9htfall,
when the stream began rapidly to swell,
and before morning was as large as usual.
DR.. Fuler's theory is as follows: THE
wind had been blowing down Lake Erie.
which is only about thirty feet deep and
rushing great deal of the water from il
over the falls; it then suddenly changed
and blew this little water Comparatively
spcaAing) up to the western portion of the
lake; at this juncture the ice ON Lake Erie,
which had been broken up by these high
winds, got ,jammed in the river between
Buffalo and the Canadian shore. and form
ed dam which kept back the waters of
Lake Erie.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

BAD HABITS DIsCARDED.-The are
few villages in the land where so little
tobacco is used as in Oberlin, Ohio. It is
doubted if twelve habitual smokers can he
found among the twelve hundred members
OF the two leading churches, but public
sentiment was recently called to the in
crease there of the sale of tobacco, and a
meeting to take counsel in the matter was
held. A candid and temperance talk on
the evils OF the habit of smoking and
chewing was held, and several persons
VINO were confirmed in one or the other
habit were led TO abandon it, and the
proprletors of two of the five or six stores
that sold tobacco gave up the further sale
of it cheerfully and without urging.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

MICHIGAN FROGS AS DIEr.-"What ar,
item asked eountryman, pointing tC
heaped up dish in restaurant dOwr
Town. Looks like frogs with their toe.
turned up. What air theyPn
Frogs, sab" answered the polite wait.
er; very nice dish, sab! gentlemen very
fond of them.n
Frogs! good gracious. Not the kind
W. have in our pond at home? Wby me
and Maria would starve before we'd tech
one.n
80 Ignorance tears down in u moment
what science has been years in discovering
ana no amount of gastronomical skill will
prevail on the prejudiced rustic to taste
one OF his ncighbors of the pond. "Ez if
the critters were fit to eat," he remarks in
dIsparaging tone, while he orders n
pound of fresh pork, which he disposes of
with bon appetite.
Inc man of taste and culture, who has
learned the value of brain food comes in
IN presently and orders Il dozen of the
piping pond larks. and when they are
brought to him, hot, crisp, delicate, with
That dainty rosiness OF flesh which the uro.
lessor OF cookery knows is their peronisite
he eats them all with the immense salts.
faction OF an artist in comestibles. Froos
rs an edible. in Detroit alone, form an
industry for large class of people, and Il
special item on the bills of fare at hotels
ana restaurants, the largest of the last
mentioned establishments showing an |
average purchase of 10000 dozen during
the months of their popularity. Unlike
oysters, they are good during all seasons,
but IN the winter months frog fishing is
They are caught along the river and
Lake st. Clair shore in nets, but in The
marshes they are speared. As soon AS
caught they are skinned, and the refuse
parts thrown away; the largest frogs are
Kept alive and taken in crates of a pecu
liar construction to Chicago, Cincinnati
and New York All the hotels to which
driving and pleasure parties resort make a
speciality OF them us ii fLvoritc dish. Early
In the spring the frog catcher gets % cents
4 dozen Tor them, but later in the season
they are us low us 10 cents a doz,n. They {
retail at much higher prices, as the dealer
assumes the risk of fluctuations in the
market. From 20 to IS dozen will occa- /
'lonally be ordered for parties at private {
houses, and fancy prices range us high as ,
10 cents or pl Il dozen. |
AS pot pies, stews and chowders tbey I
IRE Il failure. The only legitimate way to t
'ook frog is TO fry him in sweet table c
outter. AS IL preliminary he must be dip
ped in Il batter composed of cracker dust,
which should adhere closely when cooked,
orming dainty crackne of golden ,
'rown color,with crisp twang to it when !
admitted to the teeth. The tender Juices {
hus retained lose none of their delicate |
lavor. and the dainty morsel needs no L
Condiments to give it an additional zest- a
Detroit Tribune. v
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

II miners lamp, and felt that parties wer,
searching through the deserted chamber
lor NM kegardless of the hard iaggec
hoor, The strong walls, and ever-accom
panying throng of rats that kept in hi,
rear OF dangerous pits that might Ii,
anead OF him. he ran rapidly towarf
where he saw the light, shouting until he
was hoarse:
This way! Here am! Here I am
his way for Gods sake!"
The echoes took up the cry and carried
II through the noisome avenues. lifted il
up TO the roof of the cerulean vault. and
repeated 1t until it died away in a wall ol
agony; but the bearer of the light did no,
near 1t in the course he had taken. and
the almost exhausted boy, foot sore and
bruised by frequent falls on the hard
rough mine floor, hurried on in the sub.
terranean labyrinth. Suddenly, in turn
ing the angle of the corridors, LIGHT
flashed upon his sight. and then another.
A voice shouted prolonged CALI
jaime G-a-l.l.a-g her! He'll 900.
Jimmym 'O'
The inevitable echoes had scarcely
taken up the cry when the boy returned
The call with all the soul in his yoice;-
"Here am! Come this wayr'
Ills answer was heard, and in a few
moments sturdy miners had found the
ooy. But he did not know that lie WAS
rescued He had fallen on the ground
unconscious, his strength having gone out
with the last wild cry. He wa, soon
taken out into the pure air, where hi.
frantic mother and most of the villaoe
had assembled to await the result of the
search. The people were wild when il
was announced that the boy was found.
anu HIS brave reScuers We're borne aloft
oY the crowd. 1t was Il long lime before
young Gallagher was restored to con.
sclousness, and then it was only at inter
vals that he was in his righ mind. In
'lese Sane intervals he related the story
OF ms fearful sutfcrings, and learned lpat
ne mad been nearly two days and one Iono
hlght wandering among the horrors of
tue mlhe. His lucid spells lasted but a
snort time, when he would be seized with
lrahtlc ravlngs, in which he would plain
liVely beg OF Barrett not to hurt him. and
hen shrek. The rats are eating me mi
Drive them away! Drive them away !"
Inc moments in which he was sane
became less frequent, and finally DAYS
passed without one CLEAN of reason lip6t.
ng up the darkness of his mind. The
found it necessary to ampu,ate
me hand and three toes that had been
9hawed by rats and to perform other
PAINFUL operations to save the boys life.
me day last week, his physical condition
,elng such as to permit it, they decided
nat he must be taken to an asylum for
mental treatment, and expressed grave
onbts OF his permanent recovery. The
rute Barrett, when the result Of his
ruelty bee anne known, was compelled to
y the place in the night to escape the
ary OF the exasperated populace, and
ersonal effects left behind him were
urned, as an expression of the people ,
salnst hlm:-D"nmore, R, Correspon. ,
cncc Of tie N. Y. Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA ON LOVE-.
Some years ago the late empress of Russia,
while inspecting u girls school in that
country. asked one of the pupils, " What
is love?' Blushing deeply, and much en-
barrasscd the girl made no reply. Her
teacher stepped forward, and bowing low
to the empress, informed her that " in my
school no instruction is impaired to the
pupils on this particular subject, and in all
probability the girl does not even under
stand the meaning of the word your maj
esty has deigned to pronounced "rhat
is much to be regretted" replied the en-
press; " for woman's life is naught but
love first of all love for her parents :;
then love for her husband, and lastly love
for her children. If these girls have ac-
quired no just comprehension of love,
they have been very badly prepared for
the duties of life" Having thus expressed
herself, the empress left the school in
manifest displeasure, and few days later
the teacher was dismissed by the imperial
ministry of education and public worship
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

AN ANXIOUS MoTHER.-A very fashion,
able lady who fairly dotes on her children.
and is very particular about their toilets.
had narrow escape last Sunday from
losing one of her darings 1t was leaning
out of third-story window when it lost
its balance, and in moment moro it
would have been dashed to pieces on the
crowded pavement below. Fortunately.
the mother seized it just as it was disap
pearing over the window sill. Casping
the saved cherub to her breathless breast.
the fond mother exclaimed, as tears of
gratitude flowed from he uplifted ewes,
"lf this child had fallen into the street
with that dirty dress on, would never.
never have forgiven myself And she
proceeded to dress IL up, so that, come
what might. the flmiy would not be
disgraced.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

IHE PRONUNCIATION OF IA south
erner writing in Washington journal
points out common error of pronuncia.
ton in the annexed communication
AS the schools have just opened, if you
Will allow me space, | wish to call the
attention OF teachers and pupils to II fault
III English pronunciation exceedingly COM
mon in the north, rarely heard in the south
or IN England, but which seems to be
spreading here. refer to the vulgarism
II may 50 term it-of giving the long
''u'' which is in 50 many of our common
words, the sound 100"
For instance, ninety-fve out of every
hundred northerners will say institoot in
stead OF institute, dooty for dutv-a per-
1ect rhyme to the word beauty They will
call new and news moo and noos-a perfect
rhyme to pew and pews-and so on
through the dozens and hundreds of SINH.
lar words. Not Il dictionary in the En-
gllsh language authorizes this. In student
ana stupid the ''u' has the same sound as
in eupid,and they should not be pronounc
ed Stoodent and stoopid, as so many teach
ers are in the habit of sounding them.
1t Is vulgarlsm to call Il door Il doah
as we all admit-isn't it as much of a
yulgarlsm to call newswaper Il noospa-
per? One vulgarism is northern and the
other southern, that is the only difference.
When the London Punch wishes to bur-
lesque the pronunciation of servants, it
makes them call the duke the dook, the
tutor the tootor and tube toob. You
never heard the best northern speakers,
such as Wendell Phillips, George William
Curtis, Emerson, Holmes, and men of that
class saying moo for new, or Toosday for
tuesday, avenoo for avenue, or calling a
dupe doop. 1t is fault that southern
er never falls into. lie has slips enough
OF another kind, but he doesn't Slip on the
long "u." AS many of our teachers have
never had their attention called to this,
hope they will excuse this notice.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-21

DIVIDING THE WoRK.-Near Dunfries
lived pious family who had adopted an
orphan who was regarded as half-witted.
tie had lmbbed strict views on religious
matters, however, and once asked his
adopted mother if she did not think it
wrong for the people to come to church
and fall asleep, paying no better regard to
the service. She replied she did. Ac.
cordingly. before going to church the next
Sunday, he filled his pockets with apples.
One bald headed old man, who invariably
went to sleep during the sermon, particu.
larly attracted his attention. Seeing him
at last nodding and giving nasal evidence
OF being in the"land of Dreams" he struck
the astounded sleeper II blow with an
apple on the top Of his bald pate. The
minister and aroused congregation at once
turned round and Indignantly gazed at
the boy, who merely said to the preacher,
as he took another apple in his band, with
a sober, honest expression of countenance,
"You preach I'll keep 'em awake"