Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-02-11


quietly. The person who can 20 without
her dinner and not advertise the fact; who
can lose her purse and keep her temper;
who makes light Of heavy weight, and
can wear n shoe that pinches without any
one being the wiser; who do;s not magni-
fy the splinter in her finger into stick of
timber, nor the mote in her neighbOr's eye
into beam; who swallows bitter words
without leaving the taste in other peoples
mouths; who can give up her own way
without giving up the ghost; who can
have a thorn in the flesh and yet not prick
all her friends with it-such one surely
carries a passport into the good graccs of
mankind.
INDIANS AS WHEAT Growers 1t has
generally been supposed that California.
with its fertility and vast agricultural
resources, would prevent Arizona from
finding II market for her agricultural pro-
duets. But 10 carloads of wheat grown by
the Maricopa Indians. lately passed over
the Southern Pacific railroad to San Fran
cisco, where it was sold for 81 % the 100.
the ruling price being ut the time S2.10
to S2,15. The railroad carried the wheat
at $3.50 per ton The facts show that
California does not bar the products of
Arizona from the sea; that Indians can
raise good wheat and illustrate the ad-
vantage Of railway to II new country.
The Arizona wheat, like that of Donoril,
is of fine quality. The Maricopas are not
the only tribe practicing agriculture, rs
the Papagos, numbering some 10000, and
living along the gulf, westward from
Tecolotc, have entirely supported them
selves by agriculture. The Mohaves are
also an agricultural people, living on tho
Colorado river. the bottoms of which they
cultivate with more success, through long
experience, than the whites around them,
-Land ami Home.
A statement comes from South America
that singular property Of tomato leaves
has been discovered by u fruit grower.
Having cut down some tomato vines, he
used them as y mulch around his peach
trees. lie soon discovered that the cur
culo, which was destroying his fruit, had
abandoned the trees surrounded by the to-
mato vines. Following up this accidental
discovery, the free use Of tomato vines
proved II perfect protection, not only
against curculio, but other noxous insects.
A COLLEGE WAG.--In certain college
under Presbyterian auspices. not hun
dred miles from New York, it is rule
that the students shall attend church ut
least once each Sunday, either in the col
lege chapel or some church in town which
they shall designate, and for non-attend-
ance satisfactory reasons must be given.
OF course on Monday morning, when
these reasons are called for, much inge-
nujty and some fun are brought out. In
one of those interviews Prof. l. asked
Il student, " Mr.. C, where did you
attend church yesterday"
Mr.. c. replied. " The first church,
sir"
The professor, looking n little surprised,
said, " Are You not aware, Mr.. c.,
that there was no service ut the first church
yesterday?'
This was poser, but was coolly met
by, " mean, professor, the first church
| came to-"
A general laugh followed, and some-
how the young gentleman got rescued
Harper for Febrntry.
A BACKsLIDING CAT.--A good story,
and said to be true one, is going the
rounds, of IL cat in Yarmouth (Mass.)
WAip l'tNl blC udDll vi regularly anu
punctlally attending family prayers in the
evening. At signal for prayers she
would even leave mouse half caught, or
give doomed bird u longer lease of exist
ence, and decorousy compose herself in
the lap of the housekeeper, with an air
of attention that was highly edifying At
the final ''amen" she went frskily about
her business. But in an evil day sentence
of death was passed upon her kitten
The head of the family undertook the
execution OF the sentence, and, unknown
to him the cat was witness of the scene.
From that day the cat refused to attend
the evening service, and cannot now be
induced to listen to the prayers of one who
has so shocked her sensiblities, though
she faithfully performs all other duties rs
before, and socially purs for the family ON
all secular occasions
A SAMPLE OF INDIAN STonDITY.-
Some years ago at Fort Churchill an
Indian was sitting astrde of field how
itzer rolling Il cigarette, when wag stole
up behind and applied slow match to the
gun. There was tremendous report, and
the piece, which was heavily loaded made
such recoil that it slid from under the
savage, and left him sitting on the ground.
When the smoke cleared away lie had fin
ished rolling the cigarette, and pulling out
II match he deliberately lighted it and went
on smoking. A shout of laughter went
up, but it did not affect the stold redskin,
who continued sitting on the spot where
he had been landed by the gun, during the
afternoon. A more cool proceeding than
this is not on record.-CarSon AppeaL
You must write as you talk, in natu-
raj manner, said n schoolmaster to pupil
the other day. The next day she brought
n composition to school which read some
what as follows " Lady Washington was
widow (humph) when George Washing
ton married her (Oh, dear, there's blot)
Her name was Martha Il always did hate
that name) Curtis. They had no children
(achew) but they had plenty of slaves (Lra
lay, and they lived at Mount Vernsn (there
goes the dinner belly, and Washing
toms tomb is there (the soup will be
cold), and there he lies to he wept over by
a grateful people who have had good
square hot meal"
Two of those ornaments made of plaster
of Paris favored with sugar were bestowed
upon an urchin, with the usual warning,
Don't eat them whatever you do; they
will poison you" For some time they
were regarded by him and his younger
brother with mingled awe and admiration;
but ut no distant day their mother missed
one. Tom" said she to the owner, who
was just setting forth for school, "what
have zee done with that fgure?" "Civ'd it
to Dick" was the reply, "and ifhe's living
when | come home | mean to eat the
other one myself, can tell 'ee!'
Excavations in the vicinity of Bonn,
Germany, have brought to Ii ght the site
of an old town, supposed to be of Roman
origin. The remains of n large Roman
villa were discovered near by, situated
little below the site of an extinct volcano
"A circumstance tending to show that Mt
the time of the Roman occupation vOlca-
noes of the Rhine had ceased to be dan
gerous.
4 The most agreeable of all companions