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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

What relation is loaf of bread to a
locomotive? Its mother. Why? Because
bread is a necessity and n locomotive AN
invention. and we all know that necessity
is the mother of invention.
She had never visited the city and ice
cream was a revelation to her. Sallv,'
said her cousin. 4" how do you like the
cream?' The cteam itself" said she,
" seems to be very good, but it appears to
be leetlc fetched with frost"
A man told his friend that he had
joined the army. "What regiment" his
friend asked "Oh. don't mean that;
mean The army of the Lord 'Ah. what
chnch?" the Btptists.r Way was
the reply, "thats not the army; it's the
navy"
A Young laly who read that " 1t is
lucky to pick up u horse shoe" happened
in blacksmith shop the other day and
pcKeh up one. The surprising sudden
ness and piercing shrek with which sh'
dropped it showed mat it was not lucky
The blacksmith hal just maie the shoe
and it was Us hot rs II blast furnace.
A school Of poor children, having rea'
in the Bible The dcnunciations again>
hypocrites who - strain at gnat ant
swallow camel" were afterward exam
med by IA benevolent patroness as to theil
recolections of the chapter. What, il
particular, was sin of the Pharasees
childrenp' askc the lady. Aitng cam els
my lady" was the prompt reply.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21
PrObateand Commissioners Notices, "a OCeach.

MODERN LETTER WRITING.-Letter
writing has become one of the character
istic occupations of our time. We keep
up multiplied correspOndences with people
whom we know and like in various de-
grees. just as we also possess photographs
of people whose lives have cut across our
own, but whom we may never meet again.
How different from the concentrated life
of three or four generations ago, when
| letter and IA portrait were solemn things,
both connected only with persons really
interested in one anOlher! Women espec-
| tally treat their correspondence as an
affair Of state, magnify its idleness into
business, make it IA preteXt almost as uni
versallv available is the old-fashiOned
'heaIarhe.' and end by believing them
selves as impoi tanL ~ ,hlnel ministers.
A man in any public position is gener-
ally ns>lled by "tIers. many utterly frlvo-
Gus; editors have projected themselves
unly bv the avuweiuse of the waste
baskrt; but even in TIE quietest walks
Of lite, the letter writing which aft
eclionate friends expect from one is
lr, qurnlly II severe and unavoidable
udta. Business letters can be dispatched
in five minutes; grca' interests and im-
pnrlant Transactions can be compressed
| into haif il dozen lines and II few moments
If time; hut when it comes to the friendly
letter which polit'nes, requires you 10
write, you Look hopee,sly round, with The
conviction that you will he dubbed heart
less unless you devote at lie st three quar-
lers of an hour detailing the state of your
health, your trivial occupations. the last
book you read the last local news you
heard, the state of the weather, etc. We
have forged an additional social chain in
thus gradually making correspondence n
necessary part of our life.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

man and jurist, well versed in international
law, and has honesty, capability and cxpc-
rience-a stalwart of the republican party
--one of the four whose heads adorned Il
late issue of the Chicago Tri6unc-Grant.
Blaine, Washhurne aud Elmunds. Yer
mont has put him in nomination he i
now before the people in quiet, unobtru-
sive manner-her delegates and others in
New England are for him, and they ought
to stick fast as long rs there is II ray of
hope.
Can he be nominated in this day of
bargain and sale, intrigues and promise of
Office and patronage?-that is the question.
1t depends upon circumstances yet to
come, and which no man or set Of men
may control, perhaps, think he will. l
would rs soon take his chances Is either
of the four, and sooner than any one else
Grant and Blaine will kill each other, as
neither can get "A majority, and then it is
Washburnc or EImunds, and think the
latter, rs Grant, it is said, will not favor
Washburno in preference to Edmuuds.
Stranger things have happened than
Edmund's nomination, and will again.
How was it atthe last national convention?
| How came Blaine TO be defeated and
Hayes nominated? Hayes nomination
saved Ohio and defeated Tilden 1t often
happens that the strongest candidates are
defeated" If you will not let us have
our choice. you shall not have yours, y
each will say and do.
There was time when il seemed thai
Grant would carry majority; but Blaine
is aggressive, and that day is past. 1t i,
claimed by Blaine's friends that he viii
get majority-that Grant will decline
before the day Of the convention-no
likely. 1t looks now as if the friends o
Grant and Blaine would be pitted agains
one another, and if Vermont and somt
others hold the balance Of power, SOM
other is nominated-and think Edmunds
and he would poll as many votes as an,
man living-no enemies--popular-
nomination fit to be made. Some sneer Il
little Vermont.-say she has little influence
She counts in the Senate. If she lack
votes in the lower House she has her Nor
rill and Elmunds in the Senate.
There are good many New Englan
boys in the west, and they will 80 for Ed
munds sooner and stick to him longer tha
to any other man.
GREEN MOUNTAIN Boy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

a MUTUAL BENEFIT SoIETY.-A mum
ber of persons unite themselves in soci-
ETY. for their mutual benefit, and represen
tatives of the various trades apply fo 7
admission.
The blacksmith comes and says: Gen
tlemen, wish to be received AS a member
of your association" "Well, what can
you do?" "Oh, can shoe your horses.
iron your carriages. and make all kinds of
implements" Very well; come in, Mr.,
| Blacksmith.
The carpenter applies for admission into
the society. "And what can you do. sir?''
"Oh, can build your houses and barns
and bridges Very well, come in, we
cannot do without you"
| Then comes the shoemaker and says: I'll
wish to become member of your society,"
'Well, what can you do?" Il can make
boots and shoes for you" Come in Mr.
Shoemaker; we cannot 60 barefoot. Your
trade is useful. You are welcome; We
must have you"
So in turn apply all the different trades
and professions; till at last another indi.
member.
"And what are you?"
"I am rumseler."
"a rumsellar! And what can you do?'
:" l can build jails and prisons and pool
houses"
"And is that all ?"
No. lean fill your jails with criminals
your prisons with convicts, aud your poor
houses with paupers.'
"And what else can you do2"
Il can bring the grey hairs of the aget
to the grave with sorrow. can break the
heart of the wife and blast the prospects
of your children, and fill yonr land with
more than the plaques of Egypt"
"Is that all you can do?"
Good Heavens!" cries the rumselles
sis not that enough?"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21
VOL. XXXVII.

The cattle and sheep for the city of
Boston are slaughtered at Abbatoir
(French for slaughter house), in Brighton
bv a number of different companies. The
noble looking cattle seen here are what
one might expect from the excellent beef
that is served in the city. A building is
in process of completion which is 10
furnish ampler and better facilities than ut
present, and where the animals are TO be
shot, but the killing rs now done does not
differ much from the ordinary way, except
in the dexterity of the men from constant
practice.
Two men seem to constitute a gang
have II room connected by track with a
cooler. and side by side with number OF
others similarly arranged They do the
whole, from the knock down blow to the
weighing off of the dressed sides, and
short work is made of it; everything that
comes off is dropped through holes in the
door to be taken care of by those below
With two or three passes of the knife
,fler the creature is dead the neck and
lead are laid bare of the skin; a few blow:
IF the ax at the neck and horns send tho
mead tumbling down one of the orifces.
The carcass is drawn up by windlass ant
he skinning, diemboweling and cleavins
AXE place with mathematical precision
| Hundreds of cattle and sheep are slaugh
tered at this locality every day.
Invalids come here to drink the warm
blood of the healthy steers. 1t is said thai
he physicians mandate sends even ladies
walk from Cambridge and take thi:
lraught. S.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

THE EARTH'S TwIN.--There is no other
planet of the solar system, which offers so
close an analogy TO the earth as Mars.
The telescope reveals to us the figures
of broad tracts of land and the eXpanses
of sea upon its surface. The durations of
his day and night almost coincide with our
own. His exterior experiences the alter
mating changes of the seasons. His nights
are illuminated by two satellites, which
present all the phenomena OF our own
moon, apd more frequently, owing to
their greater velocity. An atmosphere
probably surrounds this planet; in fact,
the existence of air is indispensable to his
other features. Hence the inference that
Mars is habitable globe appears Il very
obvious and fair cluclusion. and it would
be inconsistent to imagine this planet
provided apparently with all the requisite
natural facilities to render life a necessary
and desirable feature of his surface, is 8
sphere o. desolation, q mass of inert mat
ter, which, though conforming to the law
of gravtation is otherwise serving no use
full end, rs the abode and sustenanoe o
animate creatures. 1t is far more in &C
eordance with anology and rational specu
lation to conclude that Mars is the centr,
of life and activity, and that his surface i
teeming with living beings.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21
CHICAGO. April 5. 1880

Editor Freenaan You can find on re.
curing to the files Of your paper year
ago or more. a communication in which |
stated that George f. Edmunds would
make No. l president-had brains-that
if he lived in either of the four large
ptcotGI states he would be the next nomi-
nee for president of the United States.
This was soon after the electoral commits
sion was organized and performed its du-
ties. and before I had ever heard his name
mentioned in connection with the Office.
1t now seems that l am not solitary and
alone in my ideas-others think so too
consoling thought-makes me think am
right. l think he is the best man cup
for the Office. He is not q politician like
Blaine-has not n host of friends or rela.
tives in every state to reward or enemie:
to punish, like Grant or Blane-a states
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

WOoL MATTERS. Rs.--The United States
Economist, of last week, says that at no
period in The wool trade has the market
world. No fine clothing woods can be
bought really fLr manufacturers use
below 81 for the secured ponnd, and much
Of it runs up to Sl.10, Sl.25, and Sl.30.
Combng, delaine and carpet woods are
equally high, and no one can tell where
prices will stop. rs the tendency is still
upward. q telegram from London. March
26, represents the market there as fol-
lows:
Our market is agitated and higher for
all kinds. 1t is greatly feared that we are
approaching wool famine. Chothing
woods are ia demand, and are tirmer.
Comhing woods are in request, and prices
are still going up with some demand for
America. ish Hoggs are up to lS4d. for
selected. English Down Tegs have jump
ed up to god a pound. Carpet woods are
in active request. chiefly for home use.
Egyptian white ileeces have risen to l5d.
and god. for good to choice. Oporto
white washed wool is up to 16d., and
Scotch white highland to Cd.
lIlNule lellcfS VI tlt cuilpL IcNctl lLO
causes of the wool famine. Hundreds of
thousands of sheep have died Of 'liver
rot" in Great Britain, and wars in the
east have caused millions OF sheep to be
slaughtered. Wool growing in Persia,
Turkey, Russia, and India, has been
almost given up on account of war and
the low prices that have prevailed for the
last five years.
If this is the correct view of the situa-
lion, it indicates y brisk demand and high
er prices for the coming clip of the United
States. The wool growers Bulletin, of
last week, says:
BY estimate. 230,000,000 pounds of do
nestle wool will soon be put upon the
market. The "ball' has already opened
on the Pacific coast by the production Of
the spring clip of California. 1t opens
with some excitement" Last year it
was described rs one "wave of excite
ment" from California to Ohio through all
the southern states, Kentucky,an spread
ing through Ohio, Indiana and then over
into Michigan, when all at once its strength
seemed gone only TO be regained later in
the season through the eastern markets,
where it has been sweeping ever since
with constantly increasing strength. In
fact, such an unexpected advance in prices
from one year ago has never been known
in the wool history of our country. 1t can
scarcely be possible that history will re-
peat itself this coming season, yet there
are indications of this. Already in Ken
lucky we hear of their unwashed wools
selling for 40 to As cents, delivered on
board cars. The situation indeed presents
something of the ragged edge" view.
But let things come as they may, we are
inclined to think that it favors farmers,
who are likely to get full prices for their
wool, although some farmers never get
full prices" in their own opinion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

WHAT A Grow IS WoRrH.-A gentle
man giving evidence before parliament
ary committee, said that in some districts
the number of crows upon farm would
average at least 80; that the birds were of
great service in destroying wire worms,
and where they did not exist, the farmer
was obliged to hire boys to do the work OF
the crow, paying them 8 half-pence per
100 worms. Mr.. Bright inquired how
much hoy could earn worm killing, and
was told Cd. but when asked if boy
made Cd. Il day at the rate of 3 half-pence
100 wire worms, how many of those
noxious creatures he destroyed in day.
the witness, turning restive, replied that
| he did not come there to answer arlthmet-
ical questions. Mr. Bright, however, was
not to be put off in that way. He asked II
a boy did the work rs well as crow. "a
crow is worth so boys" was the rash
reply. Then, quoth Mr.. Bright, eff boy
is worth 9d. day, crow worth so boys,
how much is the crow worth to the farmer
in money!" Not unnaturally, the gentle
man lost his temper, but in vain. Paper
pen and ink were handed to him, and
after battling with the figures for awhile,
announced that n crow was worth Just
SIS. Sd. "A day to the farmer. lie was then
asked 10 inform the committee what. at
that rate, was the yearly value of the bird,
and, of course, could not make it less than
G6S4 Is. Cd. His prosecutor next reminded
the badgered man that he had given so rs
the average number of crows on farm
and desired him to find the arnual aggre-
gate value to the farmer of his proper
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

For the comfort of n lady who had been
i'll for some months and who found il
difficult, often, to be cheerful and TO keep
her trust in the Lord so firm us 10 be
free from anxiety and worry as to her
condition and future recovery, Mrs Null
Ter sent this message: Tell her for her
comfort that we have found amid many
vlcssitudes of life and many trials during
many years, our greatest trials hare prsved
10 be our greatest blessings." And Mr..
Muller. with the kindest expressions of
sympathy, said: "Give her for me this
passage Of Scripture, AlI things aaorG to-
getbcr for good to then, That lore God.
This may have to be received by fltiM now
but bye and bye it will be seen. And it is
for the glory of God that we beiieUe it now
because it is His word"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

By selection and care in breeding and
management desired qualities have become
sofirmly fixed in collection eff animals
that they are uniformly transmitted to the
offspring, these animals may properly lay
claim to the title of being ancestor of
especial celebrity. without any thought as
to the quality of the intervening genera
tions. If there is anything in pedigree at
all ,an animal that can show unusual excel
lence as characteristic of itself and of its
ancestry for four or five generations back
is infinitely to be preferred, on the score
of pedigree alone, to one that runs to some
famous sire or dam eight or ten removes
distant through an ancestry of no special
merit. If pedigree does not come down
hand-in-hand with superiority, from gen..
Grafton to generation, it is simply delu-
! sion and snare.-Live Stock Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

THE PROPHECY OF THE STAES.--T
Providence Journal says those who study
the stars will have plenty to do in the
coming years. The index hand on the
celestial dial plate points to events ol
momentous import. The four great planets
reach their nearest point to the sun more
nearly together than they have done for
almost two thousand years. 1t is not
unreasonable to suppose that with their
strong pull and pull altogether, they will
create some unusual disturbance in the
chaotic elements that make up the suns
fiery mass. The forces of the new spot
cycle are now in active operation, and those
who have closely watched the influence Of
the solar disturbance on the climatic condi
tions predict n hot summer from the heat
waves that follow the commencement of the
tremendous solar outbreaks. The hidden
chambers of the great pyramid have giver
forth in oracular fashion momentous dis
ciples who have faith in their teachings
and astrologers cast strange horoscopes
from the unusual planetary combinations
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

1t is estimated that there are 100000
wolves in European Russia, and the havoc
they make every year is immense. Sta
tistics show that in 1873 the DAMAGE
caused by them amounted in value TO
about fl $50, 900, and this is believed to be
much under the real cost. In one district
1t is known that over 5000 head of rein
deer belonging to the nomads were les.
troyed by the wolves in single night. In
some instances there is desire on the
part of the peasants to conceal the facts.
Besides the destruction of domestic ami.
mails. the annual loss of human life by
wolves is about one hundred and fifty
souls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21
HELEN or TYRE.

[Lnngfeow's poem, " Helen Of Tyre" in the Fehru
ary IHGntic is OF sin Fularl beautifll melody like
in dream 10 haunt his waking hours will
delusive sweetness The vague legend the poet ha
ever seek for more knowed1e of 1t. for to gain tha
would be 70 lose the strange charm OF the verse |
hrluEs - the car that earlier music oil Sandllphou
the ANGEL OF Prayer"l
"AnI he FATHERS the prayers as lie stands,
Aud they change into flowers in his hands,
Into catlands of purple and red;
And beneath the great arch of the portal
Throush the strests of the city immortal
Is waited the fragrance they shei."
Rut it is not q1te th> 81 ue; tharo is finer art il
these later verses, the hollow echo Of the dpub
rh' mes sounds no more,but simpler resonance.with
oIt Intrusion, takes their place:
"What phantom is this that appears
Through tha purple mist of tbs yetr',
Itself but mist like these7
woman Of cloud AMI of fire;
1t is she; 1t is Helen Of Tyre,
The town in the milst Of the seas ~
30 Tyre ! in thy crowded streets
The phantom appears and retreats,
And the Israelites that sell
Thy lilies and lions of brass
Look up as they see her pass,
And murmur Jezebelv"
"Then another phantom is seen
At her side in gray gaberline
With beard that floats to his waist;
It is ) mon Magus, the seer;
He speaks and she pluses to hear
The words he utters in haste.
$50 she follows from land to land
The wizards beckoning hand,
AS . Leaf is blown by the gust.
Till she vanishes into night
o reader sto,p down aud write
with thy fnger in the Dust !"
go town in the midst of the seas
With thy RATS of cedar trees,
Thy merchandise and thy ships
Thou, too, art becoming as nought
A phantom ashadow, q thought.
A name upon mems lips"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

No one knew why William Burton, Of
Iowa, laid him down and died, until u
year after the sad event. They found n
letter in which he sud, l kan not bare TO
live after mother has hoxt my ears"
In little town nefr Providence the
venerable pastor called on II pious family
one evening and was invited to conduct
the family worship. The S.year-old pet
of the family noticed, as the preacher was
kneeling, that the sole of one of his shoes
was partially off nj one end. The baby,
who had been in Blacksmith shop watch
ing them shoe horses, quietly ran and gol
hammer and began to bang on the
parson s shoe sole. The reverend brother
kept on praying, but the rest of the fami
ly had to keep too much laugh in them tc
be much benefited thereby.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

TIE BUSINESS RUSH Careful men are
giving considerable thought to the pace ut
which business activities are proceeding,
and are realizing that unless our business
men are cautious and refrain from undue
haste, n reaction will set in. A New York
correspondent writes to the Balfalo f0ur-
ier:
Our imports have lately been going up
with n rush, and threatening to wipe oui
the big balance of trade that was supposed
to have done so much toward bringing
back better times. Foreign luxures are
again pouring in by the shipload, and the
dealers in such things find IA rapidly in
creasing demand for them, not alone in
New York, but from customers from all
over the country rs well. The lesson OF
hard timcs-or rather eXtravagance and
speculative trading-seems almost to be
forgotten already. Wall street has been
wild during the last year as it was any
time previous to the Jay Cooke crash
which knocked the bottom out of every.
things and the wiseacres say that til,
coming three months will be the wildcs
it has vet known. The enormous nnuA
of foreign capital or its equivalent las
year and the year before, under the name
of balance OF trade, had much to do witt
the revival of speculation in Wall street
and elsewhere and the general advance il
prices which became noticeable last fal
and has been going on steadily ever since
| While the balance was in our favor W,
heard great deal about it, but now tina
the scales are turning the other way NJ
one has word to say. We hear of nothin.
but better times, though this very rusl
toward better times may really he wors
for all of us than the quiet of Il few years
ago. But sermon on the subject wouI,
not do bit of good. When Il spirlte,
horse takes the bit between his teeth an,
starts for good run the chances are tha
he will have his own way about it, evel
at the risk of breaking his own neck. Il
is to be hoped that we won't break til
neck of better times by rushing ahead to-
fast.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21
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