Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-17


theater Sunday evening.
The London Truth speaks of our Amer
lean girls of 3O''-self-reliant and indie
pendent in their lives-as pretty young
bachelors in pettieoats."
Kate Fields " Cooperative Dress Asso-
citation " has come to grief. One hundred
and sixty of her followers declined to be
" bossed" by her to the extent proposed
by her.
A japanese student of English has pro-
duced the following treatise or the subject
of domestic animals: THE cat is small
cattle. When he sees rat he Eliminates
his eyes"
The Richmond tVa.) State does not
think that the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments are right 1t
cant be it would have them thirteen, four
teen, fifteen.
Jay Gould is said to have larger in
come than any other self.made man on
this continent, the sum being estimated at
$4,000 day, which is pretty well for
man who few years ago was iobbing
leather.
Hunger is ravaging more than one M.
ton at this moment; not only Ireland, but
Persia, Russia. and parts of Austria and of
Turkey are its victims, and thousand
square miles of famine is the terse story
that comes from Armenia and Kurdistan. |
The Fitz John Porter discussion came
70 sudden end, the whole subject being
| aid upon the table bv the democrats on |
| Thursday. The republicans were anxious |
| Tor Il vote, but the democrats were very
sick of the question, upon which they are
good deal divided. 1t is not likely that |
he matter will come up again at this ses
ion.
Frank j. Bowman, who was last season |
expelled from the St. Louis bar for NAL |
practice" has carried his case through the
state court of appeals to the supreme court
Of the United States, on the question of |
he constitutionalty of the Missouri court
of appeals. The case was argued the
other day, in the United States supreme |
court by Senator Edmunds and Judge
Jerry Black.
TROUBLE EVIDENTLY BREWING Big
Horn dispatches say settlements to the
north are in great excitement because of
the latest news regarding the Indians.
Gen. Miles sends words from Fort Custer
that the Crows have formed treaty with
the Sioux, Settlers north and south of !
Tongue River are coming into the valley
for mutual protection. At Big Horn all is ]
excitement, which increases from the fact
that there are only two companies of
troops at Fort McKinna.
The Brazilian emperor during carnival
lays, rides in his carriage among the peo-
pie and throws water lemons at them, to
which they respond by making him
target for squirt-guns. The car of all the
Russians is cautious about riding among
his people; and when he does he is liable
to b. made target for more dangerous
weapons than squirt-guns. That is the
difference between the two cmperors.
One is popular; the other is not Popular
rulers are comparatively safe
The Montreal Evening Post bestows on
Parncll and his mission hearty sympathy,
and reioices that he has completely tri-
umphcd over the New York Herald" It'll
styles Parnell n champion of the truth"
and the Herald "a living lie" Parnell is
said to have raised half as much money
for Ireland as the Herald has raised
Grant that he has done so, there is still
this difference: Part of Mr.. Parnells ac-
cumulations 90 for political agitation. All
of the other funds are to aid starving men
and women and children.
Nothing could lay Il better foundation
for an understanding of the Russia of to
day than the acquaintance with its ante.
cedents which one may obtain from Mr..
Eugene Schuyler's Peter the Great
now running as an illustrated serial in
ScriJner. 1t is understood that the cause,
and beginnings of nihilism in Russia will
be traced by Mr.. Schuyler during The
course of his narrative. TIE author,
style has been pronounced admirably |
adapted to historical writing, and it i,
pleasant to note the response of interest OF
he part of readers which the publishers
report.
Among the departments in which Amer
ca takes high rank is the printing o
wood cuts-a subject which MIR. Theodor,
l.. De Winnie, the printer of .Scribnec',
Ronth,y, is to treat in the forthcoming
(Apri) number of that magazine This
paper deals with early methods of wood
cut printing on the hand press, and is t,
be followed by another on machine print
ing, the success of which dates only from
1850. Mr.. De Winnie is the author of
" History of Printing" and, as his work
on S2rt0"er abundantly shows, is Il practi
cal printer. In the second paper. special
attention will be given to the little under.
stood process of OVERLAPPING" and the
relation of printer to draughtsman and
engraver will be suggestiveIy discussed
These papers will be of especial interest
to printers and editors.
A writer in the Boston Herald, who has
been down south and knows Tor processes
to know something of the popular feeling
in that region, says that one great obstacle
which will utterly prevent anv future