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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

TROUBLE AT THE NORTH PoLE.-There
is.trouble at the north pole. The pole itself
is in state of embarrassment amounting
to rebellion and disintegration. 1t his al
ways carried on its business in an old
fashion manner, and has long been set in
its ways. 1t ran, rs far as it could run at
all, in rut so deeply worn by ancient u.s.
age as to be difficult to get out of. 1t froze
all its ice for q. seasons business in one
gigantic field. As from time to time it
had ice to spare, it chopped of little bits
and sent them floating away in any direc-
tiou in which wind and wave might take
them. But lately. instead Of splitting of
from the edge nf the great ice fields few
little bits and telling them to KEEP in the
higher latitudes aud behave themselves
like gentlemen. it has split out hundreds
and hundreds of them. In the most un-
becoming manner these frigd and fright
full things have fioated further south of
their accustomed tracks, and have given
indications that they my float still further.
When one or two icebergs usually prowl
around in the vicinity of Newfoundland,
there are this year dozens, if not hundreds.
Steamers which usually see less thsn half
a dozen on the whole passage have this
season met them by the dozen or more.
One vessel passed through wide Avenue,
furnished on either side with what seaned
to be city of these impediments to navi-
CATION. Other vessels knocked their bow
SPIRITS and iib- boons into them. How many
vessels have sailed against them and gone
down we know not AS yet. The latest
erratic feat Of an iceberg is to float down
toward Sandy Hook and threaten to effect
an entrance into New York harbour. For
years it has been the threat of our New
York neighbors TO answer the veXatiOus
tales of the ice dealers who are suffering
from short crops by telling about how the
anti-monopoly meant to catch an iceberg
tow it into the harbor, chop it in pieces,
and supply customers with it at REASONABLE.
prices. Already the ice men are trembling
and their teeth are beginning TO chatter
If that iceberg is caught and towed in the
price of the ice will be one half of the
present figures. Our own ice men, too,
are quaking in their boots. If the expected
berg is four or five hundred feet high anil
two or three miles in circumference, We
shall have all the ice cream we want this
year and next. The hardy mariners whD
are going to entrap the iceberg and tow it
in will have heavy undertaking on hand;
yet they need not be discouraged. for
nation which brings obelisks from Egyp
and is some day going TO float the pyramid
of Cheops over, will not stop at icebergs.
The only risk is that when it strikes the
Gulf stream that current may prove too
much for it, and either melt it or send it
spinning to its native pole.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01
RATHER MIXED.-"What' the matter,

RATHER MIxED.-"What's the matter,
Bob?"
"Sam, who am 1?"
why. you are yourself, Bob Harrison,
ain't you?"
No far from it."
WHY, what's the matter2"
well, Sir, I'm so mixed up don't
know weo am"
We'll, Sir, what's the matter?"
I'm married"
Married! Ha! he he! Why sir, you
ought to be happy"
"Well, Sam III tell you how it is.
You see | married a widder, aud this
widder had daughter"
"Oh, yes, see how it is. You have
been making love to the daughter
mo, worse than that. You see my
father was widower, and he married my
wife's daughter, SO that makes my father
nav law, don't it ? Well, don't
you see how I'm mixed up"
well, sir is that all?"
mo; only wish it was. Don't you
see, my step daughter is my step-mother,
amt she Well. then. her mother is my
grandmother amt she So that makes
me my own grandfather don't it?'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01
+. N. b.

The trumpet call of Chaplain NJ Cabe for
preachers for Dakotah should be heard and
needed. The young man who turned his
back on town of 1900, saying that he
had not studied seven years to preach
there. is not fit for the kingdom of God.
viii the chaplain ascertain and report
whether he supported himself during his
studies or was helped by an education So
ciety, or by some benevolent persons Men
that work their own way through seldom
talk so The best thing a graduate of a
theological school can do is to go to the
newer states and growup with the country.
Pioneers, miners, new settlers, are proven
bally generous No worker will starve.
Do not lipger at the doors of crowded
eastern conferences. If you have any
thing in you the east will bring you back
AS II transfer before you die, or il It does
uot. your influence for good will strength
en- as the state of your adoption increases
in prosperity .-AdUocate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

CHRISTIAN COMMON Sales.--future is a
lack of ordinary business shrewdness on
the part of some Christian men and some
Christian institutions, which is simply
1t exhibits itself in loose man
agement and want of provision-in letting
things drift, and trusting in luck baptized
with the name of providence; and though
by wretched caricature of faith this is
miscalled "a life of trust" it is nothing
but religious Micawberism that folds its
hands and expects something to turn
up" God helps those who help them
selves There is no warrant in scripture
or in history for disregard Of the ordinary
laws of security and success. At the
gathering OF one of the great benevolent
societies few years ago the exceedingly
sensible proposition was made to effect
life insurances in the case Of its missiona-
ries. The suggestion was vehemently
opposed by one of the " fathers in grace"
who argued that those who are doing the
Lords work ought to trust the future of
their families to the Lords care" and not
be guilty of such an impious forestslling
of divine providence as an actlal business
arrangement for their possible wants.
Shame to say it, the good brothers ill
logic prevailed, and the proposition was
lost; but he himself soon after died, leav-
ing bis family without dollar, dependent
on the charity of the world for the barest
necessities Of food and clothing Golden
Rule.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

II science deny the supernatural, then
YOU have thought without thinker
But if the supernatural or religion deny
science, then you have thinker without II
,houghl-an absurdity. If you ignore
long enough the supernatural element in
religion, you will lose even the sense OF
another existence. Take away the talent
from him. is the fearful word visited
mon dereictiUn in just this sensc. This
ia what it is to be lost it is to perish
in your higher possibilities. To be
:. saved is to realize the success of your
higher possibilities and endowments.-
j. l.. Dudley.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

Four days last week land breeze pre-
vailed at Cape May, bringing clouds of
swamp mosquitoes. Life was uncomfortable
day and night; hops were brought to an
end. for no lady could wear low-necked
dress and stand short sleeves, or even
short dresses, under the attacks of millions
of searching, hungary Jersey insects.
Hundreds of other guests departed for
other climes, and one hotel proprietor said
that land breeze cost him $4,000 of decreas-
ed receipts. Probably Cape May is loser.
all told, of $50. 900 by the visit of so in
significant being as the mosquito.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

SELF. WINDING CLOCK.-A clock-maker
of Copenhagen. named Louis Soenderburg,
who for some time has had charge of that
city's electric time-keepers, has Just inven.
ted an ingenious appliance which obvites
the necessity of winding up the regulator
from which the clocks in question take
their time By a mechanical contriv-
ance which periodically cuts off the
stream of electric fluid emanating from
the battery. and brings an electro-maguet
to bear upon the relaxed main spring in
such way as to renew its tension instant
aneously. perpetual motion is practically
imparted to the works of the regulator
that is to say, as long as the batteries con-
nected with it are kept properly supplied
with acids. The discovery Of this im-
provement has satisfied himself by six
months successful experiments in his OWL
workshop that his system works faultless'
ly, and applied for permissian to adopt it
to the electro clocks set up by the mu'
nicipality in different parts of the Danish
capital Electricity under Mr.. Soender
burg's compulsion, is destined not only Il
make the Copenhagen clock 60. but tc
wind them up, with never-ending recur
renee until the "crsck of doom. ."-Lo'sdo'
| Telegraph.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

THE SEVEN BIBLES OF THE WORLD
The seven Bibles of the world are the Ko-
ran of the Mohammedans the Eddas of the
Scandnavians, the Try Pitikes of the Bud
hists, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the
three Vedas of the Hiudoos, the Zenda-
vcsta, and the Scriptures of the Christians
The Koran is the most recent of these
seven Bibles, and not older than the
seventh century Of our era. 1t is a com.
pound Of quotations from the Old and New
Testaments, the Talmud and the Gospel of
St. Barnabas. The Eddas of the ScandiIa-
vians were first published iu the fourteenn
century. The Pitikes of the Budhists con-
tain sublime morals and pure aspirations,
but their author lived and died in the sixth
century before Christ. There is nothing
of excellence in these sacred books not
found in the Bible The sacred writings
of the Chinese are called the Five Kings,
king" meaning web of cloth or the warp
that keeps the threads in their place. They
contain the best sayings of the best sages
on the ethicopolitical duties of life. These
sayings cannot be traced to period higher
than the eleventh century B. c. The
three Vedas are the most ancient books of
the Hindoos, and it is the opinion of Max
Muller, Wilson, johnson. and Whitney
that they are not older than eleven centu-
turies B. g. The Zendavesta of the Per-
SLAMS is the greatest of all the sacred books
next to our Bible. Zoroaster. whose say
ings it contains, was born in the twelfth
century B. e. Moses lived and wrote his
Pentateuch fifteen centuries B. c., and
therefore has clear margin of 800 older
than the most ancient of the other sacred
writings.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

The chief companion of pride is igno.
rance, Our pride feeds itself by dwelling
upon the possession of some ornament
which we believe to be extraordinarily
brilliant. But did we see the precious
jewels which adorn many others,we should
shun to wear ours, and meekly set our
selves to increase our store of grace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

In New MEXICO. Mrs. Lew Benedict
draws this picture of life in New Mexico
We observe Asian custom here, that of
sleeping on the roofs in summer. The
heavenly nights invite one OUT, and the fiat
housetop is much pleasanter place to
make ones bed than the cellar like inte-
rior, with its earthly cents. The sluggard
Mexican, who has killed the long hours of
the common enemy by doing in the sun,
rouses toward sunset and spreads out the
colchon or wool mattress, or a bed OF
skins if they are very poor The stairway
is a rickety ladder, leaning against the
outer wall of the mud house, and the rap
idity and ease with which the native 60 up
and down is surprising. | have seen wo-
men carry jars Of water on their head, not
spilling drop as they ascend the ladder.
touching it only with their feet. The old
people-mummies of the time Of Cheops-
60 to bed at sunset; little laier the chill
dren and chickens hop up loose rounds
then the lord Of the estate and his duskY
spouse, with her cat and lastly the ratty
dogs, moving nimbly as the trained ones
of the circus. Haul up the ladder and the
castle is secure. There is no fear of rain.
There is no dew, no fog or mist to blur
the clear shining of the stars above. Tft
low wind is the very breath from heaven
the bright night is filled with sleep.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

The enormous emount of timber that is
annually being taken from the forests of
Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota,
brings up the question of how long they
can continue to supply this drain that has
been made upon them. Maine is almost
entirely stripped of pine timber, and when
the forests of the Northwest are in like
condition. some substitute for pine must
be found. A correspondent of the Cincin-
natl GaEetts who is well posted on the
subject, believes that at the present rate of
cutting. the Michigan pine will be used up
in twenty-five years; the Wisconsin pine
in thirty or forty years. and the Minnesots
pine in from twenty-five to forty years.
This latter period, says the correspondent,
may seem sufficiently remote, measured
by mans life, but considered in connec-
ton with the life of nation or of these
great fore is, it is quite Insignificant.
People will realize then. and | trust long
before, how recklessly has been destroyed
the stores of timber that have been ages in
forming, and which with such supervision
as is given by the State to many OF Euro
pean forests, might have furnished II
natural supply for centuries to come. Our
Government has given to every applicant
these noble forests at the merely nominal
price of 81 25 per acre BY this easy
method a great mine of wealth has passed
into the hands of spectators and mill men ,
who are hurrying it to market in order to
realize their profit, without regard to the
future interests Of the country
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

When you do anything from a clear
judgment that it ought to be done. never
shrink from being seen to do it. even
though the world should misunderstood
it; for if you are not acting rightly. shun
the action itself; if you are, why fear
those who wrongly oensure you?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

The man who hanged himself died of
his own free will and cord
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01

METAPHORS IN PRAYERS. Mixed met
ephors are very puzzling to simple minded
people, and frequently tax the sobriety OF
educated worshlpers. Not long since |
heard a worthy man pray that Gods rod
and staff might be given US as We tossed
to and fro on lifes stormy sea, and that
we might thus be enabled to fight man
fully the good fight of faith, and soar at
last to our heavenly rest! Here the pill.
grms outfit is made to serve the
mariner and then the soldier, while the
mention of faith doubtless suggested the
wings for the transit. A good brother
often prays that I'VE may gird up the
loins of our minds. and be ready 10 receive
the early and latter rain of divine grace,
This is painfully suggestive of the cooper
age OF o cask previous 10 filling; but
whether this is the idea in his mind,
never dared to ask. Another who con-
POUNDS the "open mouth" in asking for
blessing with facility of utteraDce. prays
for his minister that God would open his
mouth wide, that he may not Shun to
declare all his COUNSEL" which certainly
implies that the believing style is con-
nected with the greatest faithfulness in the
preacher. An elderly disciple often asks
that 1--WE may set y watch at the door Of
our lips, to know how short our time is
the quaint association having stolen i'm
perceptibly into his mind. 50 that it does
not strike him rs ludicrous, A young
friend often prays that I'VE may no
remove our shoulder from the burden and
heat of the day." which seems devout
but little mixed.-ChriStian L,stelligen
GER
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-01
NURSERY RHYMES.

W hFbhN Nh VI bS.
FOR YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Sing a song OF shOt-guns.
Pocket full Of knives,
-Four and twenty black men,
Running for their lives:
When the polls are open,
Shut the nisser's mouth.
Isn't that bully way
To make a solid south?
Northern sympAthiZers
Making sneeches chafy!
Major General Hancock
Eating rebel ta1y;
English in q quAndary
How to save uis a illars
Along comes a solid south
Fits them all with collars.
Hugh diddle diddle.
The south plays the fiddle
To dance every democrat tries,
They leap TO the moon
When they hear the old tune,
And the rebels run Of with the prize
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-29
Trnsfee,a SALE


Under and by virtue of q certain dasa q
y trust, executed to me as trustee, besrine
date the 9Th day of January, 1875. dulv TecnpdS
ca In book No, lOi, page 525, oftho ReeiSter's
once OF Shelby county, Tennessee, defanII
having been made therein, Twill, on
tuesday, the 18th day Of IuIy, 1880,
At the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District of ShelSv
county, tennessee, late city Of Memphis, AZ:
Y o'clock, noon, sell at public auction to tbs
highest bidder for cash, q certain lot of Land,
IN the city OF Memphis, now Taxine Dist-;ot
OF shelby, county, Tenn, oommeneinT ~ y,
point on the north line Of Carolina street 9nGi
ieet east OF the intersection Of Cnrsiine. anTi
Ninth streets and running thence east WITH
me north line OfVarolina street 50 feet. fhspss
~ rlght angles with Carolina street and paral-
lel with Ninth street $50 feet north. thenca
west and parallel with Carolina street Al irsf
toa - 70 the east line of a lot beretofore
conveyed BY John @. Saint to Lindauer. Sro
nolg y Col thence south with the line Of
SAID lot 100 feet to the beginning, being 4 novl
ton Of block No. 80 in that norton Of sSid
city or Memphis heretofore known Ss Fortt
RlekeTing, and the same conveyed IN TTO nn,
Tate BY John Thumbs. =" NOU
EQUITY q redemption waived. Title bsl
neyed 70 be good, but | will only oorvar n
ugSveSi ,.l 1000 SIMON SrURM, Trusbee.
ioovs |I. Pr MILK
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-29

lish, of Indiana" was nominated for
vice-president, everybody waspuEzled,
and, for awhile, the universal question
was, who is English English, OF
Connecticut, is no stranger here, but
the gentleman from Indiana was a
profound mystery. People looked in
the congressional almanacs to see il
his name was there, but it was not.
1t is understood, however, that the
biography writer's are hard at work
and it will not be long, therefore, be-
fore the city democracy know all
about him.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-29
How MTook in New York.
iiladelpbia Public Ledger.l

w. = A'AAs 6NAHNAI
New YORK, June "a.
Judging by the expressions of opin-
ion among the democracy it would
hardly be correct to assert that the
nomination of General Hancock has
excited any special enthusiasm though
no doubt it will come to that by and
by, when the first disappointment has
subsidized. In this respect the feeling
is much the same as that experienced
by the Grant men upon the nOmina-
ton of Garfield. Outside of the
Tammany circle, the sentiment of the
party here was unquestionably in "a
vor of Mr.. Tilden, not only because Of
the fraud" issue, but because of his
overthrow of che canal and Tweed
rings. AS it is, the talk with this
class of people is that principle has
been sacrificed to expedieney, and
that Boss" Kelly, after all, having
had Tilden thrust aside, has achieved
a triumph which will more than com.
pensate him for the cold shoulder he
received at the hands Of the commit
tee on credentials.
On the other hand it is proper to
say there are many prominent men in
the party, who haYe no utilization with
either the Tilden or Kelly factions,
who are delighted with the nomina-
ton, and predict that it will sweep
the country. They further say that
there is a freshness about it, that will
tell immensely before the people, all
the old rut statesmen having been
brushed aside, as if the party instinc.
tiyely'were bent on a new career.
Hancock" we are told, "has a
record for bravery and patriotism du-
ring the raj at least as good as Gar
fields, while his hands have never
been tainted even with the scent OF
corruption"
The brilliant speech with which
your gifted fellow-citizen, Mr.. Daniel
Dougherty, presented the case of the
superb soldier" is believed to have
precipltated the nomination as much
as anything else. Wire pulling and
political intrigue sometimes compass:
sensational results, but the power Of
~eloquence. is one which men in masses
are rarely able to withstand. "I1
Hancock is elected" said a veteran
this afternoon who has never voted
anything but the regular ticket.
Mr.. Dougherty ought to have a place
in the cabinet"
The more outspOken republicans
admit that, as regards Hancock. it i,
"a bad nomination" for their side. i
Tilden had been brought out again
they would have had abundant ammu.
milton in his cipher dispatches, hi
back income tax and his railroad re
cord to counterbalance the Credi
Mobilier and De Golyer accu
sations against General Garfield
AS it is, they frankl,
acknowledge that these guns are al
spiked now, and that they cannot, a
yet, discover a hole in Hancock coat
though they will take comfort in re.
publishing from the democratic pa
pers some pretty hard things the,
said about him at the time Mrs. Sur
raft was executed, the point Of whicl
was that he ought to have resigned
instead of doing as he did.
! When 1t was announced that Eng
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-29
DOUGHERTY's SPEECH.
The Electrical PerOratiOn That
Preceded the Nomination
of Hancock.

Much has been said of the wonder
full little speech hat formally placed
General Hancock in nomination. To
read it as reported, one can but mar
vel at its magnetic effect. The roll of
states had been called for nominations.
An audience of eight thousand peo-
pie looked on, wrought up to the
highest pitch of interest and expect
ancy. They had been there nearly
seven hours in the heat and crush
and excitement, yet were self-pos-
sessed, eager and on the alert. Field,
Bayard, Morrison, Hendricks and
Thurman had been placed in nomina-
tion. Pennsylvania was called. The
chairman, a youthful-faced black
eyed young man, with gray
hair, arose and announced
that Pennsylvania as a state had no
nomination to make, but that a mem
Der Of the delegation would present
n upon his own account. Upon this
cool introduction a quiet-looking,
self.pOssessed gentleman was seen
coming down the aisle. He was
quick and nervous, but we'll poised.
In appearance he was possibly fifty
years of age; he was fully six feet
high, with thin hair on the top of his
head, short crisp side-whiskers, large
gray eye, good chin, good clothes,
and an easy carriage. His gait was
rather springy, and he came forward
as n who had something to say and
was not afraid to say it. We now
copy from other papers. The Cincin-
natl Enquirer Of the Oath said:
When Pennsylvania was called. the
chairman of her delegation statedth
as a state she had none, but that A
member Of her delegation would pre-
sent n on his own hook. Nj. Daniel
DOugherty, of Philadelphia, the best
looking man that had yet appeared,
marched up the aisle and amidst
cheering from the Pennsylvanians
mounted the stand. He had spoken
but a few sentences when the conven-
ton and the press gang measured him
Tor the orator he is. His presentation
Of General Hancock was the ora
torical event of the day. When he
mentioned General Hancock's name
the boom of the day started,
1t burst out the Pennsylvania delepa-
ton, spread all over the floor. ran up
to the gallery, struck the ladies' gal
lery, and, rebounding, swept the floor.
galleries and stage again and again
until it seemed as if the entire con
vention had gone wild. At the con.
clusion Of the speech it broke out
again, and again swept the house.
while a banner bearing the portrait Of
the general vigorously moved to and
fro by a member of the Americas club
in the real Of the stage, added to the
effect, and was the signal for renewed
cheering, in the midst Of which Mr..
Dougherty retired only to appear
again, and in a few minutes to correct
a slip Of the tongue, in which he had
said that Hancock, if nominated.
would take his seat. IF elected il
what | intended to say" said Mr.
Dougherty as he bowed himself Of
the stage, while the convention
cheered.
D0UGHERTY's SPEECH VERBATIM.
New York Herald Report
The call Of Pennsylvania was re.