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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

FINE TO GET Ur. There is no doubt
that if an instrument could be invented to
indicate the various degrees Or difficulty
people experience in getting out of bed in
the morning, it would have to be gralult-
ed from zero up to II very high figure in
deed. Many persons know absolutely
nothing of any difficulty of the sort; they
turn out of bed with the alacrlty of bird,
glad even that il is time TO get up; while
others have to fight Il battle more OF less
severe the moment they open their eyes
every morning.
! We purposcly describe the difficulty rs
that of getting out of bed, because it is to
| a very great extent a mechanical difficulty.
When Il man was once rallying another on
his weakness in this respect, he said,
Why don't you make up your mind to
it?' The reply was, Make up my mind
to it! oh, that is easy enough; | have done
that u hundred times; but what cant
imagine is to make up my body to it."
1t was ficctious way of putting the mat
ter, but it really did describe the main
difficulty.
A person goes to bed with his mind
fully made up to rise in the morning at
the proper time, whenever that may be
He knows very well he ought to do it,and
that it will be better for him in every way
if he does do it. Entrcnched in this virtu-
Gus resolution he falls asleep; but when he
awakes dull sense of inertneSs weighs
him down, and if he stops TO think about
getting up he finds that inclination has
usurped the place of reason, and that if
there is one thing under the sun more RI
dicuous than another, it is the idea of get
ting out of bed just then.
So powerless often is the resolution at
the waking hour, that we have heard of u
man whose determination to get up was
so decided that he contrived a machine to
pull the clothes off him at Il certain hour,
actually getting out of bed only to put
them back and get in again.
There must, of course, be an effort of
the will, but it should be IN instantaneous
effort there should be no delibcration on
the subject, no time given to mediate on
the propricty or otherwise of getting up,
no going over in our mind the pros and
cons of the question. Directly we begin
to think we are almost sure to lie abed, but
when we refuse to think we are much
more likely to get up.
And so we give the advice to every one
who finds it very hard work to get up in
the morning, but wants to master the
weakness, is,-makc up your body to it,
and turn out instanter without moments
parley. -CqsseirS Magazine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

A San Francisco paper gives the follow
ing us II leaf from the Russian czars
diary:
Got up at A. NJ. and ordered my bath
Found four gallons of vitriol in it, and
did not take it. Went to breakfast. The
Nihlists had placed two torpedoes on the
stairs, but did not step on them. The
coffee smelt so strongly of prussic acid
that | was afraid to drink it. Found a
scorpion in my left slipper, but luckily
shook it out before putting it on. Just
before stepping into the carriage 10 go for
my morning drive, it was blown into the
air killing the coachman and the horses
instantly. did not drive. Took light
lunch off hermeiically sealed American
canned goods. They can't fool me there.
Found u poisoned dagger in my favOrte
chair, with the point sticking out. Did
not sit down on it. Had dinner at p. NJ,
an made Baron Laischounowouski taste
every dish. lie died before the soup was
cleared away. Consumed some Baltimore
oysters and some London stout that have
had locked up for five years. Went to the
theatre, and was shot at three times in the
first act. Had the entire audience hanged
Went home TO bed, and slept all night on
the roof of the palace"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

A VERY MARROW EsCApE-The escape
of the British India steamship El Dorado
from n hurricane in the Bay of Bscay
three weeks ago was almost miraculous.
There were ninety-five passengers on
board when this terrible storm arose All
sail was taken in, matches were blttened
down and dead lights closed. When the
hurricane was at its highest the Lascars
abandoned their posts in despair leaving
the management Of the vessel entirely to
few Europeans. At this time one of the
vcniilating shafts was carried away, and
water poured into the engine room and
stoke hole, drowning our all the fires, and,
of course, stopping the engine. The
decks Of the vessel were flooded by every
wave. even the poop deck being swept
and. with no means of s;eadying her. the
ship Was in extreme peril. Every effort
to rally tie crew having failed, Captain
Kerr called up the passengers. Their
bedding was taken to stop the leaks, but
with Slight success the saloon having
become flooded. The officers informed
the male passengers that with the help of
all hands the ship might be saved. Though
most were Snlering from sickness, the
response TO tha call was nearly unanimous.
Nor was there any panic among the ladies'
Passengers formed lines from the upper
deck to the engine and stoke hole, bailing
with buckets. With no food except an
occasional bscnit mooteaed with brandy,
the passengers kept at their task through.
out the night. Two gentlemen succumbed
10 exhaustion, and one saw fearn Sc
disiinelly rs TO quit his post ''to prepare
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

BILL, TIE BANKER. THE annals of
the poor are short and simple. They
record. however, heroic deeds. One of
these records tells how poor navy become
Il hero by forgetting self, even while death
was clutching him.
Years ago when England was digging
canals, the laborer who delyed therein was
called navy.
The name, an abridgement of navigator.
connected in the public mind the digger
with works for internal navigation. In
the course of time it came to designate
lnborer on railroads and other public
works.
This navy was called "Bll, the BANKER
because his usual post was at the top of
4 forming embankment, among the tip
carts.
He was r "top-man over shaft of
q tunnel which was being cut on
railway. The shaft was two hundred
feet deep, and ran down through solid
rock.
Bills duty was TO watch the large
iron bucket filled with rocks, as it was
hoisted from the bottom, run it to the tip
cart, and return it empty to the navies
below.
If q rock fell Off the bucket Bill shouted,
Waur out below" and the men ran
further back into the drive
One day, as Bill was leaning over the
shaft, swinging in II loaded bucket his foot
slipped and he sfell into the shaft. He
knew he would be dashed to jelly; but
he thought of his mates below.
If he screamed, they would rush out to
learn the cause of the unusual noise, and
some of them would be smashed by his
heavy body.
If any of them were ut the bottom, and
he did not give the usual warning, they
would be killed.
His mates heard one moment his clear
voice, Waur out below" the next, the
thud of his smashed body. They were
saved.
"Bill, the blnker,' was more than
poor uneducated navy; he was hero.
For the essence of heroism was indicated
by the sneering Jews when they said of
the crucifed One, "lIe saved others,
Himself He cannot save"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

TIE APE FAMILY.-The ape family
resembles man. Their voices are human.
They love liquor and fall. In Darfour
and Sanar the natives make q fermented
beer of which the monkeys are passionate
~ fond. Aware of this, the natives go to
the parts of the forest irequented by mon
keys and set on the ground calabashes
full of the enticing liquor. AS soon as the
monkey sees and tastes it he utters loud
cries of joy that soon attract his comrades.
Then an orgie begins and in short time
they will show all degrees of intoxication.
Then the negroes appear. The few who
come too late to get fuddled escape. The
drinkers are two far gone to distrust them
but apparently take them for larger species
of their own genus. The negroes take
some up and these begin to weep and
cover them with kisses. When IL negro
takes ono by tho hand to lead him off tho
nearest monkey will cling to the one who
thus finds a support and endeavors to 90
on also. Another will grasp at him, and
so on until the negro leads n staggering
line Of ten or dozen tipsy monkeys,
When finally brought TO the village thoy
are securely Gagged up and gradually
sobered down but for two or three days Il
diminishing supply ofliquoris given them
to reconcile them by degrees TO their state
of captivity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

Did May die, because l forgot her
medicine?"
"No. Father came home and got it for
her; she Is well now, and has helped take
care of you"
Mother said George, very earnestly.
81 am going to try and not forget things
any morer'
George did .tLy. When he became
well,and was sent upon errands, he always
thought of Mite, and the Cruel, and the
doctors, and the Land of Short Memories,
where he went in his fever dreams and he
was cured of the very bad habit of forget
ting his du,y.-S. S. Cot in 81. Nicholas
for january.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

Many oranges have languished and
died from the fact that they had nothing
to do. The master and lecturer had no
plans for conducting their meeting, and
so the organization starved to death for
the want of mental nourishment. To be
sure, they had the ritual, but no organiza-
tion can live on ritual. You may put n
horse in q good stable, with fine manger
and feed box, but he will starve without
hay. The ritual is no more TO the success
full conducting of a farmers meeting, than
the stall, manger and feed box are to the
horse; helps they are, to be sure, but
only means to an end.-Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

The term Badger,"- applied TO the
people and state of Wisconsin, arose in
II singular way. In the lead regions,
III early times, there were two classes of
mjners-lhose who remained at the mines
the year round, and those who came up
from illinois to operate only during the
Summer. The permanent residents were
accustomed to Dig burrows in the hillside,
where they cooked and slept, while the
Illinois iinerants lived in pits. The resi-
deus, therefore, were called Badgers
ON account of their burrows, and the
lllnoisans Suckers" because their
migrations coincide d in time with that of
the suckers in the river, which appeared
IN the spring and went away in the fall
10th of those nlmes bave suck and are
row in general u.e.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

DWARF PEAEs,-p. +. Quinn gives
dwarf pears a blast in Lund anil Home.
He says:
The most expensive blunler of all i, in
connection with dwarf pears. There
never was II greater swinde practiced on
the American public than the doctrine, so
widespread, that dwarf pears were not
only equal but far superior TO standards
for orchard planting. When Pear Culture
severely censured for promulgating the
audacious doctrine that with Il single
exception, dwarf pears in the orchard
were n failure. This position has been
more than justified by recent experience,
and now there is no exception made, for
the Duchess d Angouleme will! grow
faster and bear more, and equally large
fruit on standards than on dwarls. There
are good reasons why nurserymen continue
to propagate dwarfs. But there is no
sound reason why those who are about to
embark in the business should now fall
into the error. The argument that one
will get fruit in two or three years from
the time of planting dwarfs does we'll
enough for garden culture, but in the
orchard it is a serious mistake to allow
young trees to bear fruit before the roots
are established and the tops have attained
size. The other point usually urged in
favor of dwarfs, that they should be planted
deep enough so that they will strike root
from the pear stock, and eventually be-
come standards, is 10 my mind the best
reason why it is far better to begin with
standards and run no risk. One good
standard pear tree, properly trained and
fed, is worth dozen dwarfs rs an invest
ment. The late Thomas Rivers, of Saw
bridgenoth. England, who might be called
the father of dwarf pears, had an orchard
of these on his place. Any one who wants
to satisfy himself what such an orchard
is worth should visit this noted place,
and l am sure the testimony gathered in
this way will be conclusive, that the best
policy 10 to let dwarf pears alone.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28
LETTERS OF REGRET.

Secretary Williams then read letters OF
regret from President Hayes, the Hon.
William NJ. Evars, secretary Of state, the
Hon. George +. Edmunds, Gov. Gear of
Iowa, Gov. Smith of Wisconsin. Gov.
Williams of Indiana, Gov. Proctor of Ver-
mont, Gov. Cullom, and Lieut.. Gov. Shu-
man of Illinois, ex-Gov. Hall of Vermont,
the Hon, L. j. Phelps of Burlington, VT,
the Hon. William +. Villas of Madison,
Wis, Gen. p II. Sheridan, the Hon. John
B. Page of Rutland, VT, the Hon George
H. Bigeow of Burlington, Vt, President
James b. Angel of the University OF
Michigan, the Hon. Horace Fairbanks OF
st. Johnsbury, Vt. j. o. G. Cottrill, M.
d. Gilman, librarian Vermont historical
society, Charles Dewey Montpelier. VT.
the Hon f. w. Keyes, Madison, Wis,
the Hon IIiland Hall. Bennington, VT,
John A. Barnes, Decatur, H., and Geo.
ii. Bigelow, Watertown, N. Y.
The Chicago quartet sang" Hurrah for
New England and sang it so well that
an encore was demanded.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28
REV. DIR. NJ. II. BUCKHAM.

The first regular toast was, Vermont,
our old home, God bless her" The res
ponse was by the Rev. DR.. Buckham,
president of the Vermont university, who
spoke as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND SONS OF VERMONT:
In response TO your kind invitation, have
come 10 attend your festival, bringing you
fresh greetings from Vermont. And let
me tell you that it is vastly pleasant for us
who stay in Vermont TO know that YOU,
who have so much to enjoy and 10 admire
here, still have so much affection and pride
in the old state. We think it honorable
both to us and to you that although you
have committed the fortunes of the state to
us, you love The state none the less on that
account, and that we love the State more
because oil your unchanged affection for it.
We do not look upon you exactly as the
Moses of the family, who has gone of into
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28

more and more at the magic ice mocca-
sins
Nothing pleased old Thomas more in
after years than to tell how he "fooled the
redskins "-G0lden Rule.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28
TIE REV. W. X. ALGER.

The next toast, The cultivation and
expression of public spirit, great want in
America" was eloquently responded to by
the Rev. William r. Alger. He divided
public spirit into three degrees, es-
sential, which was in the private character
of man, the prominent qualities being
Justice, honor, love and self-subordination :;
the second was the formal degree, profes-
sion, of which all our public men were
full; the third, or fruitful degree, WAS ac-
tion. The manners of man revealed his
character, what he was; the professions of
a man revealed what he would be thought
to be, his Difference to public opinion; but
the action of a man revealed his policy,
which was the resultant of his character
and his professions. These should be cul-
tivated, beginning with the heart. He
believed that there was no country i /
which was presented at this moment so
grand and powerful mass of claims upon
the faith, the love, and the allegiance of
its people-upon their public spirit-as
the American nationality.
The glec club sang The Old Oaken
Bucket
THE ANNUAL POEM.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28
THE ANNUAL POEM.

Mr.. Norman G. Perkins then delivered
one of his original, quaint, and truth-tell-
ing rhymes. entitled :" A Rhyme of the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

No. i Mail leaves Richmond daily ex-
cept Sunday, for Huntington. Connects
closely at Gordonsyille for I,ynchburg.
Virginia Midland Mail from Washington
connects closely ut Gordonsville with No.
for Huntington, with chair car from Wash
ington to White sulphur.
No. 3 Express runs daily and CON
meets at Huntington with Steamers for
Portsmouth, Maysville and CINCINNATI
Connects closely at Gordonsville for Lynch
burg, f.l.
Virginia Midland Express from Wash
ington connects closely at Gordonsville
with No. 8 for Cincinnati, with Pullman
Sleeper from Washington TO White Sui
phur
Virginia Midland Express from Danyillc
and Isynchburg connects closely at Char
louisville with No. 3 for Cincinnati.
No. 5 Accom-. leaves Richmond daily
except Sunday, at 3 Sop. m. and arrives at
Gordonsyille at z lisp M; on saturdays
only will run To Staunton, arriving at 10 Is
p. nj.
No, 81 Mixed leaves Charlottesville
daily, except Sunday, at 4 20 p. m. on ar
rival Of Virginia Midland Mail from Dan.
vile and Lyncliburg; and arrives at VIII
liamson's at l Is a. IN.
Sleeping Cars on No. 3 from Rich
mond to White Sulphur On No. from
White Sulphur to Huntington.
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"A fame that is worldwide and ac-
quired in the short space Of few
years, must have true merit for its
support. DR.. Pierce's Family Medi-
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Discovery--ihe greatest blood purifi-
er Of the age, for his Pleasant Purga,
tive Pellets Qittlesugar-coated pills.,
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best friend-and other remedies be-.
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Worlds Dispensaryihas been jestab.
lished in London, England, for their
manufacture. From this depot they
are shipped TO every part Of Europe,
and TO the EastiIndies, China, japan
and other countries. Their sale in
both North and South America is
perfectly enormous and increases
yearly. Worlds Dispensary AIedi-
cal Association, Proprietors, Buffalo,
N. III, and Great Russell Street bull
'dings, london, Eng.
ROYAL CENTRE,
s9gy Cas- Co., Ind, Feb. 2sth, 1879.
DIR. r. ". PIERCE:
Dear Sir,-I take pleasure in wri-
ting my testimony with othefsin re-
gard to your valuable medicine. For
along time / have suffered from dis.
ease Of the lungs and until | used
yonr Discovery found nothing that
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am relieved and recommend it toall.
MAR NARY KENNEL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

An 0uTRAGE.-While Willard is
writing about Democrats insulting
him, &c, We have this week to COM
plain of an outrage perpetrated by
some scoundrelly Republican, in put.
ting filth upon the flag rope of the
Hancock pole, in this place. and
drawing the rope SO tight as to break
one of the spices. We charge it
upon Republicans, because we do not
believe there is a Greenbacker in this
place, mean enough to commit SO
dirty an outrage, This pole has been
an eye.sore tomany of the lower order
of the Republican party inthis place,
and threats have been made by them
on several occasions, to cut it down.
We hope the man or men who COM
mitted this outrage may be caught,
and if they are we hope they will be
prosecuted to the utmost extent Of
the law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15
MARY KENNEL
Tro,lrble.

One Of the most useless of all things
is TO take great deal of trouble to
provide against dangers that never
come. How many toll to lay up rich.
es which they neverenjoy simply be.
cause they are afflicted with pains,
backache, liver and kidney diseases
or gravel, all (which may beperma.
nently cured by taking E. X. Thomp.
sons Barosma, Backache, Liver and
kidney Cure. Prepared by him at
Titusville, Pa, and sold by dealers in
medicines at one dollar per bottle.
For sale by Point Pleasant Drug
Store and A. G. Van Glider.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

No. e Mail leaves Huntington daily,
except Sunday. The No. 2 train leaving
Huntington on Saturday lies over at White
Sulphur from s so a. m. Sunday till 9 90
o'clock q. m. Monday. Connects closely at
Gordonsyille for Washington with chair
car from White Sulphur to Washington.
Virginia Midland Mail from panyille and
Lynchburg connects closely at Gordons-
vile with No. 2 for Richmond.
No. 4 Express, G. B.S.&P.P P. Steam
er leaves Cincinnati at 90 p, m. daily,
and is due at Huntington TO connect with
No. 4 Express which runs daily to Rich
mond. Connects closely at Charlottesville
for Lynchburg and Danyille. Connects
closely at Gordonsville for Washington,
with Pullman Sleeper from White Sulphur
TO Washington.
No. o Accom-. leaves Gordonsville
daily, except Sunday, at 5 % a. m. and ar
riyes at Richmond at . 90 a. m. On Mon
days only runs from Staunton, leaving
Staunton at 2 IS q. m.
No. 20 Mixed leaves Staunton daily,
except Sunday, at 5 40 a. m. Connects
at Charlottesville with v. NJ. Mail for Lynch
burg and Danville and is connected with at
Gordonsville by Virginia Midland Mail
from Washington, and arrives at Rich
mond at 5 90 p. m.
Sleeping Cars on No. 2 from Hun
tington to White Sulphur, On No. from
White Sulphur to Richmond.
For Rate, Tickets, Baggage Checks, &C.,
apply to
ID. s. VAN MATRE. Agent,
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
CONWAY 4. HOWARD, W.M.S. DUNN,
aug4 80 94p''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

FELL DowN.-We are informed,
that one day last week, the bridge
over Sixteen Mile Creek, on Kan
awha, gave way, precipitating yoke
of cattle, wagon and driver to the
bottom. No damage of serious nature
was sustained by the driver, or oxen.
The bridge will have to be rebuilt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

W. H. Jacques, will take posses
sion of the Arlington House, to-mor.
row. He is a good man, and we hope
he will be literally patronized.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15

TO the Voters Of Mason, Putnam and Kama
wl,a Counties. ] announce myself candi-
date for theJudgeship OF the 18th Judicial
Circuit, undertbe proposed Constitutional
Amendment, composed of the above coun-
ties. N. FITZHUGH.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15
Circurit Judge.

Editor Regisbr-You will please an.
notlnce meas a candidate fort the office oi
Judge of the It'll judicial Circuit, as at
present constituted, and as it will be under
the proposed Amendment, ifadopted.
Yours, very respectfully,
4 Z JOHN w. ENGLISH.
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MARR1Ep.-september 9Th, 1880
by Rev. P. Burke, in Athens county
Ohio, Mr.. John Gregory of Mason
county, to Miss Catharine Shott, o.
Athens county, Ohio.
Our best wishes attend the happy
pair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-15
Jusiice OF lhe I3eace.

We are authorized to announce W.
FRANKLIN as candidate for the Office
of Justice Of the Peace, for Lewis District,
at the ensuing election in October next.