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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

Elegant Hair is woman's GROWING beauty
When it fades she fades as we'll While it Is kept
bright her personal attractions are still maintained
By preserving the hair fresh and vigorous youth
full appearance is continued through many years
Those who grieve over their fading hair turning
gray too early should know that Ayers Hair Vgoi
prevents it, and restores gray or faded hair to i'll
natural color. 1t is clear and heathful prepare
Gion, containing neither oil, dye, nor anything de
leterous, and imparts to the scalp what is most
needed-a sense of pleasure and delightful freedom
from scurf or dandrufr New Berne On. c..
Times, FM22wl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
" Don't know half their Value.

They cured me of Ague, Biliousness
and Kidney Complaint, as recommended.
had half bottle left which used for
my two little girls who the doctors and
neighbors said could not be cured.
would have lost both of them one night i
| bad not given them Hop Bitters. They
did them so much good l continued then
use until they were cured. That is why
say you DO not know half the value of HoI
Bitters, and do not recommend them high
enough. "-B., Rochester. N. Y. SET
another eolumn.-Emeriean Rural Home
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02


SCAMPED PLUMBERS WoRK.-A plan
has been hit upon by which some seamped
plumbers work may be detected. The
agent is simple and cheap. being nothing
but oil of PEPPERMINT. In Boston, when
they Suspect the sewer-gas is escaping
through bad joints. the Board of Health
Inspector is sent for, He goes to the set
bowls in the upper part of the house, and
drops few spots of peppermint, then
turns on enough water to wash the strong
smelling spirit down the pipe, and leaves
the room. closing the door behind him.
He then perambulates the house with the
nostrils uplifted. and if he suddenly meets
the odor of peppermint, he knows that
gases from the sewer escape somewhere
near. An Investigation is made. and a
cracked pipe, open joint, or defective trap,
is found. This is plan which anybody
can try who is suspicious of his drains.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
Chr FREEMAN.
MoNTPELIER.yT.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 9, 1880.

We desire to make the FREEMAN particularly yaiua
bic for its from all parts Of Vermont and our
friends in different parts of ths State. especially IN
Washing on, Orang e and Lamole Countes'"ill CON
fer a great favorupon and our readers oy senolns
IS Intelligence Give facts andwe will arrange
Them for the paper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

Letters UncnIlcd for at Montpelier Vt. Post
Office, May 30. 1850.
:T-To obtain these letters persons must give the
bove date.
LADIEs.-NIiss Clara A. Hopkins, Miss Jennie Kit
fridge, Mrs. Nora H. Keith, Eta r. Maxham, Miss
Ellen Pembroke.
EsrLEMEN-willie Bailey. Judson Burrows, Frank
Donahue Phillips HILL r. A. PURGE, E. E. Pate, s. b.
Rockwell H n Wyeth
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

MI COLES ESTATE.
JONATHAN z. HOYT'S ESTATE.

The UNDERSIGNED having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Washing;
ton Commissioners to receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against the estate
of Jonathan P. Hovt, late of Cabot in said District
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset thereto.
hereby give notice that will meet for the purposes
aforesaid at p Lamsons Office in Cabot, on the 18th
day of June and 25th day OF December next, from
O'clock ?. Nj. until O'Clock r. NJ each Of said
DAYS and that six months from the 29d day of April
4 D. 1881 il the tins limited by said Court for said
creditors present their claims to ms for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Cabot, this 24th day of May, A. D., 1880.
HIRAM WELLS, / fx,r,,,.,ooor.
F2iwB CHARLES NJ. FISHERY COMMENSURATE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

Never ask Dyspeptic person what he
wants to eat, but let him take few doses
of Barter's Mandrake BitterS and his APP
petite will be all right. Price % cts. per
bottle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

No Chinese farmer ever sows seed of
grain before it has been soaked in liquid
manure diluted with water, and has begun
to terminate; and experience has taught
him that this operation not only tends to
promote the growth and development of
the plant, but also TO protect the seed
from the insects hidden in the ground.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
D EAT Fl S.

In East Montpelier, May 81 Mrs. TEMPERANCE.
reject of CAPTAIN Daniel Russell, aged 81 years
months and days.
In Pomfret May %, ELIAS DYKE, aged 80 years.
In stowe May 7,CHARLES s. HODGE aged 50 years
In Peacham, May 23,JAMES GUTHRIE, aged rs yeai E
In Bethel, May %. Mrs. LOUISA BROOKS, aged T.
years.
In Planheld, May %, Mrs, HARRIET CLARI, aged
n years
In East Hardwici, May a5, II. MARIA H0VEY. aged
81 years.
In East Calais, May 81, e. G. PIERCE, aged 81 years
and months
In Chelsea May %, CARRIE daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs Elliot Locke aged Is months.
In Moretown, May g. EMELINE L. SPAULDISG
wife of Christopher Spaulding, aged 80 years and
months.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

Throat affections and bronchial diseases
are relieved Immediately by the use OF
DOWNS ELIXIR FNe.w1
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
New York Butter Market.

In reporting the market prices for butter, the New
York II ibuno, of May Goth, said, " choice packages
to the retail trade reach 10 to 20 cents, but light
colored goods are hard to dispose OF, and several
lots were thought well sold at s to 10 cents. This
stern logic of dollars and cents is rapidly convinc
ing dairymen that they should use the Perfected
Butter Color made by Wells, Richardson & Co.
Burlington, Vt. 1t gives the perfect June color the
year round and dairymen that use it never send
light colored goods to market" FM22wI
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

Henry aud JOhnsOn's Arnic n
aud Oil Imminent is an external RENE
dy for Man and Beast
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
M AR r | A G E s.

In Plainheld May 90 by Rev. Elihu Snow. MILFORD
N KISER of Planfeld and IDA L. COLBURN o
Marshheld.
In Worcester, May 81, by Rev. p II. Carpenter OR
VILE h. Virgins of Middlesex and JENNIE
BLACK of Worcester.
In Mortified, May 81. by Rev. William $, Hazen
EUGENE T. MCCARTHY of Waitsheld and BELLE M
PATRICK of Mortified.
In Hardwick, May 90 by Rev. A. V. Clark, GEORGE
b. WHEELER of Hardwck and CARRIE L. OLMS
TEAD of Vineland, New Jersey.
In Mortified. May 81, at Trinity church. by Rev s
o. seymour, MILO X: GRAY, of Waterbury. and EFF
FIE J. STEVENS, of Thomaston, Connecticut
In Berlin, May 3D. at the CONGREGATIONAL parsonage
by Row Alden Ladd. FED s. STANTON, Esq. and Mrs
JENNIE s. WALBRIDGE both of Roxbury.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

~ "a ~ "A ANN' Book only S9s. Oct.
Pianos, Stool Cover and
Book, only Sl43 IS. Illustrated Newspapers free.
Address DANIEL +. BEATTY. Washington, n. j.
FMl3W4
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
What.tA Postal Card Will BUV.

= I'll TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERss
Afrom 20 70 100 sample copies of the yortb.rniy.o
sengeI gig SABBATH ScO0t Com pdnion 1assorted MN
w oe sent Tree to any Sunday school making
az ,inoh thronxh one Of its officials by Postal Card
IL. any 4nef manner; the number to be asked for
10 the number of families in the school
Moln3 JOHN D0UGALL son. Montreal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NJ a N TIE d !!

reliable Protestant girl, to do gene raj housework.
To one willing to work, and of steady habits perma-
nent situation given Wages reasonable. For further
Information apply to this office
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-02

500 !
n "A a A WEEK in your own town and no capita,
rlsked You can give the business trial
Va HI III without expense The best opportuntv
AEEH ever 0fered for those willing to worR
EVHEHH You should try nothing else until Won see
TIVNs Tor yourself whl you can do at the hnsi.
" " " ness we offer. No room to explain hero
. III. on can devote all your time or only yonr
spare tme 70 the business. and make great nav for
every hour that you work. Women make as much az
men send for special private terms and particnars
whlGn we mail free. OUTFIT free. Don't COMPLAIN Of
nara nm. while ynn have such a chance dddress
FM3lSl ii. HALLETT Il Co, Portland. Maine
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
Watches.

Watches, by reason of their fragile
construction, and the variations to which
they are liable, can after all only obtain
q limited perfection in their perform
ance therefore, we must not be aston
ished to find them subject to certain
variations. These variations, which are
not easy to correct, need not prejudice
the quality of watch, as will be proved
by the following exam pie. Two watch
es, we will suppose, have been put to
the same time by an excellent regulator.
At the end of month, one of these
watches is q quarter of an hour too fast;
the other is exactly right to time.
would we give the preference?
Perhaps to the one which is exactly
right. But in making such choice, we
nevertheless incur the risk of abandon
ing good watch for bad one. The
first watch has, we assume, gained thirty
seconds day; and, according to this
rate, 1t has gained quarter of an hour
in thirty days. What must be done to
make this watch go well? Alter the
regulator inside from fast to slow, or get
careful matchmaker to do it for you,
thereby altering its daily rate. Let us
now admit that the other watch has been
affected during the month by irregular
| going, which has occasioned it some
times to gain, at other times to lose to a
certain extent daily. It may easily oc-
cur that at the end of O month this
gaining and losing compensate each
other, and by this means the
watch indicates the exact hour at the
time we look at it. Such watch can
never be relied upon. The fact is that a
watch which gains in a regular manner or
losesin regular manner is superior to
any whose variation is uncertain, and
where its variation comes to be familiar
the little companion may vie with the
most delicately adjusted ships chronom-
eter. A skillful matchmaker one day
thus reasoned with a customer who COM
planned of his watch. "You com.
plain" said he, "that your watch
gains a minute a month. Well, then,
you will congratulate yourself when you
have heard me. You are aware that
in your watch, the balance, which
is the regulator, makes five oscillations
every second, which is 432, 900 day !;
SO that your watch, exposed to all the
vicissitudes which heat and cold occasion
it, the varying weight of the air, and the
shaking to which it is subjected, has not
varied more than a minute month, or
two seconds day. It has only acquired
with each vibration of the balance va
ration of the two hundred and sixteen
thousandth part of a second. Judge,
then, what must be the extreme perfec-
ton of the mechanism of this watch p
A watch cannot go for an indefinite
period without being repaired or
cleaned. At the expiration Of certain
time, the oil dries up, dust accumulates,
and wear and tear are theinevitable results
to the whole machinery, the functions be-
coming irregular, and frequetly ceasing
to act altogether. A person possessing
a watch of good quality, and desirous Of
preserving it as such, should have it
cleaned every two years at least. But
care should be taken to confde this
cleaning or repairing to careful hands
an inexperienced workman may do great
injury to watch even of the simplest
construction, Chambers Journal
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

THE date of the earliest eclipse of the
sun, recorded in the annals of the Chi
nese, when "on the first day of the last
month of autumn, the sun and moon did
not meet harmoniously in Fang" or in
that part Of the heavens defined by two
stars in the constellation of the Scorpion,
has been determined by Prof. Won OPP
polzer, of Vienna, to have been the
morning of Oct. %, 2137 b. O.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the London
Times gives the following singular but
interesting information for the benefit
OF those who are interested in the study
of the transmission of hereditary quail
tiles: The following cases are taken
from n list of seventeen candidates for
election to an institution for the instruc-
ton of deaf and dumb children l. A.
B. has six brothers and one sister, two
OF the brothers and the sister being deaf
md dumb. 2. G. d. has four brothers
and one sister, two of the brothers being
also deaf and dumb. 3. e. F. has two
brothers and one sister. Father, mother,
two brothers, grandfather, two uncles
and an aunt are deaf and dumb.
A RAPID penman can write thirty
words in a minute. To do this he must
draw his pen through the space of q rod,
sixteen and half feet. In forty min
utes his pen travels furlong. We
make, on an average, sixteen curves OF
turns of the pen in writing each word.
Writing thirty words in minute, VIC
must make 4S0 to each minute in an
hour, 2S,S00; in a day of only five
hours, 144, 600; in year OF 300 days,
43, 200, 600. The man who made 1,000,.
600 strokes with his pen was not at all
remarkable. Many men, newspaper
writer's, for instance, make 1000, 600.
Here we have, in the aggregate, q mark
of 300 miles long to be traced on paper
by such writer in year.
The proportions of the human figure
nre six times the length of the feet
Whether the form is slender or plump
the rule holds good. Any deviation
from it is a departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. The Greeks made
all their statues according to this rule
The face, from the highest point of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the
chin, is one-tenth of the stature. Tho
hand, from the wrist to the middle o.
the forefinger, is the same. From the
top of the chest to the highest point o.
the forehead is a seventh. If the face
from the roots of the hair to the chin
is divided into three equal parts, the
first division determines the place where
the eyebrows meet, and the second the
place of the nostrils. The height from
the feet to the top of the head is the
distance from the extremity of the fng
ers when the arms are extended.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
Bathing After Meals,

Two cases, reported by DR.. Nnegh in
the StOiss Medical Journal, illustrate
the truth of the prevalent belief that it
is dangerous to go in bathing when the
stomach is full. The cases were alike
in their history. One was that of boy
of IA, who ate hearty meal and then
went in the water for a bath. When
swimming along with q comrade he sud
denly gave a cry and sank under the
water. He was speedily brought out on
shore, and the usual means of resuscita-
ton were employed. These utterly
failed, however. Fearing some obstruc-
ton, the boys trahcea was opened, and
pieces of food were found in it. These
were removed in part; but it was not
sufficient, and the boy died. The other
case had a similar history. At the post
mortem portion Of the contents of the
stomach were found in the trachea and
bronchi.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
Efficacy of PRAYER.

As an English vicar was walking along
the cliffs opposite Truro a gust of wind
took off his hat and whirled il
away. Some time after Methods.
preacher, some distance away, was dis
coursing on prayer, and advised his
hearers to pray for temporal as well as
spiritual blessings, and cited a case in
his own experience. He said that ho
was recently on the shore about to pro-
ceed to neighboring town, and added
"My Christian friends, L had on my
head at the time a shocking bad hat, and
somewhat blushed to think of entering
that harbor town and watering place SO
ill-adorned as to my head. Then / lift
ed up prayer for covering more SUITED
to my head. At that solemn moment |
raised my eyes and saw in the spacious
armament on high-the blue ethereal
sky-a black spot. 1t approached-it
largened-it widened-it fell at my feet.
1t was brand-new hat by celebrated
London makerl L cast my battered
beaver to the waves, my Christian
friends, and walked into town as fast O.
l could with a new hat on my head"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
StereOtyping.

William Ged, the inventor of stereo-
tipping, was Scotchman. He was q
ieweler in Edinburgh. So long as he
adhered to his original vocation, he was
permitted to prosper. When he ventured
to exercise his ingenuity by facilitating
the printers art, he was doomed. On
his making known his discovery of block
printing, the trade deemed their craft in
danger, and formed a combination for
his destruction. Master printers, jour
neymen and apprentices united against
him rs a common enemy; they loaded
him with inveotives; they reproached
him with ignorance and assumption.
The arrows of calumny hit him on all
sides. Who could long withstand such
an array of hostilities? Poor Ged, who
ought to have made fortune out of his
discovery, sank, under the load of perse-
cution. and died of broken heart.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
Big RObberles.

Lord Eldon, who has just finished a
church at cost of near 5000, 900, and
lost valuables worth another 500, 900 by
tho hands of Bill Sykes and company,
represents the largest fortune which ever
came directly from the law. His great
grandfather, the pet Chancellor OF
Georges LII. and IV.-it was not often
that they approved of the same man
started with little more than a prtty and
shrewd wife, for his marriage compelled
him to give up his fellowship at Oxford,
and his father, IN old coal-shipper at
Newcastle, albeit well-to-do, was not dis.
posed to lavish money on Jack, more
especially after he had dared to elope at
q with Bessie Sturtees. The habits
of cheese-paring and flint-skinnin8
which the pair acquired at their start
were never lost in after years and
it is well known that when Lord
Eldon went back to town on one
occasion, Lady Eldon had the shoes
taken off his pony and locked them
securely in her desk, to prevent wear and
tear meantime. Not only did he save
the bulk of great earnings at the bar, but
those also he had as Chancellor, and for
some twenty years he had from EGO, 900
to G30, 900 year, for in those days the
Chancellor was largely paid by fees,
which were enormous. Beside all this,
the bulk of the fortune of his brother,
Lord Stowell, the pillar of the
international law, ultimately came
to swell the Eldons' wealth. Lord
Stowell, as Judge of the Court OF
Admiralty during the long war period,
positively coined money, and he, too,
was exceedingly careful of what he got.
No member of the family has since been
conspicuous for ability. The present
Earl, who is grandson of the Chancellor,
is, like his father before him, quiet
country gentleman, whose voice is never
heard in the councils of the nation. The
| jewel and plate robberies which have
taken place in England of late years
probably aggregate not less than, 81, 500,
600. The usual plan has been to get into q
lady's room while the family are at din.
ner by ladder to the window. In this
way about fifty thefts of immense amount
have, within ten years, been accom-.
plished with perfect impunity. AS iE
England it is illegal to advertise enc
questions asked" it is probably more
difficult, in the absence of recognized
Jonathan Wild, to come to terms witt
the plunderers, who, as was shown ii
the case of Lady Ellesmere's loss G.
property, worth $4,000, while oil routc
to visit the Queen at Windsor, often ger
so little for their plunder from receivers
that it would be greatly for their interes
to come to terms. There is an ugly ru
NOR that now well-known firm of He
brew jewellers emerged mysteriously from
obscurity to importance in the trade
within twelve months of the Ellesmert
robbery; and there can be little doub
that many jewellers do largely benefit il
this manner. The gems once out of til,
setting, and the setting in the crucible
detection becomes almost impossible
Probably at this moment at Newport an,
Saratoga hundreds of thousands wortl
of these stolen diamonds are being Worn
which find here the best market. Ne,
York Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
Entertaining COMPANY.

Guests cannot be entertained without
some trouble. To entertain people sue
cessfully one must give thought to it.
At least half of the good companionship
OF the world comes from the good fore
thought of somebody. Somebody has
planned it. The happy occurrence was
not an accident-it was the result of
premedftation. All the little and sweet
social surprises of life all the little do
mestic secrets between children and
parents, which, in their unfolding, brim
the household with gladness all the
larger and more stately social festivities
that keep the life of neighborhood and
village buoyant, are only the natural Sc
quence OF benevolent and good-natured
thought on the part of some one who
has made an effort in behalf of others.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
That Terrible Infant.

Little Nellie was looking at some
pictures of wild animals when Mr.. Jor-
kins called, and appealed to that gentle
man to explain one Of the pictures to
her. "That is a wild boar" said he,
and the little lady looked at It thought
fully and replied: at doesn't look like
you, does it, Mr.. Jorkins?" "I hope
not, responded the guest. "Why?"
Because" said the artless infant,
"mamma said, when your card was sent
up, There is that old bore, Jorkins,
here again.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04
CASTLES IN THE AIH.


They say II Is foolish for mortals to dream
OF bliss more complete on lifes turbulent stream
Than that they enjoy, did they use 1t arght
Nor cover Soils rays with cerulean blight
But think that the man who ne'er dreams Of o da,
When his name shnll grow great and his sorrows de
cay
Is unworthy the form that he bears and the mind
Thatwas made to explore In The mists unconfned.
For, when the dark hairs of the dreamer gray,
And his tot cring limbs speak Of "passing away"
II the castles he built wore but ca ties Of air,
Yet pleasant II was when he built them foir;
And the memory of days when his fancy had flight
VIII soften the shadows of swift-coning night,
And hc'n eagerly turn 10 that beautiful land
Where the castles built, but not built on sand.
Abingdon, Mass.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

ABOUT 100000 tons of hot water,
averaging 1859 Fahrenheit are an
nualy pumped from the Comstock
mines. To heat this mass of water by
artificial means would require a con-
sumption of over so, 900 tons of coal a
year. The water from some of the deep
est shafts, 5000 feet. has temperature
VI 157 Q Fahrenheit.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

A New ORLEANS actress put what she
supposed was arnica on her face, in the
dark but it was iodine, and she will not
go on the stage again for a while.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

The Pope has appropriated 100000
for complete and splendid edition of
the works of ST. Thomas Aquinas, his
favorite philosopher.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

SEVERAL undergraduates of the Ger.
man University of Marburg have been
sentenced to three months imprison-
ment in fortress for dueling.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

SPUReEos says that an Englishmar,
before starting on foreign tour, orders
the most ridiculous suit Of clothes thai
II is possible for anybody TO wear.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-04

fgE amount of butter now made in
iowa creameries is estimated at 30, ,000,.
700 pounds per annum.