Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-06-09
A. N. TUPPER.

During a lesson on the life of King Da.
vid, !; class of girls was asked, Who
killed the giantP" whereupon one replied
"Jack!'
There is said to he no foundation for the
report that Mr.. Sankey's new hymn, is
your lamp still burning. brother?' is to be
dedicated to Mr. Edison.
Do not contradict. In making correc.
ton say, beg your pardon, but | had an
impression it was so and so. Be careful
in contradicting, as You may be wrong
yourself.
Do not make a pretence of gentilty,
nor parade the fact that you are a lie,
scendant of any notable family. You
must pass for just what you are, and must
stand on your merit.
A contemporary contains a long article
entitled Effect of Smoking on Boys" 1
is not right to smoke on boys. 1t impart,
disagreeable odor to their clothes. and
when they 90 home they arouse suspicion
in the minds of their mothers which it i,
difficult to eradicate. The effect of smok
ing on some boys would be rock hurlet
at the head of the smoker.-HuJort
Times.
There is pretty little story from
Shrewsbury, England. AS 4 farmer
daughter was fetching n loaf of breac
from the pantry the other day, she wa
startled by first one mouse and then an
other leaping out of it, and making of
frightened. On cutting up the loaf COSY
nest was found in the centre containing
baked eight days.
The Leader is anxious to know "IIow
is it that going west is such II dissolvent
of religious habits? DR.. Dana, of St
Paul. MINI says that 1T is humiliatine
confession to make that large per cen
of the Congregationalists who 90 west il
lost to the denomination. The Christian
at Work adds "A Roman Catholic bishol
has recently said the same thing in regarl
to his communion. 1t is probably true o
the people of all the churches.
An ice machine Just set to work in New
York produces ten tons of ice in thirty. 81,
hours. 1t consists of large tank il
which galvanized sleetiron boxes full O
water are placed, each box being forty-tw
inches long, twelve inches wide and 81!
inches deep. A reservoir containin;
water charged with chloride of magne
stun and chilled by means of coils through
which u gas composed Of ether and sui
phurous oxide is forced, communicate
with the tank, and the magnesium waite
circulates around the sheet iron boxes il
a continuous current, freezing the water II
it goes.
An amusing anecdote is related of
man in the south of France. who received
letter from his son in the army begging
him to send him some shoes and SOM
money. The old man, willing to comply
with the request, but having no readie
means of forwarding the articles than tn
telegraph. procured the shoes and hun;
them on the wire. A laborer, returning
home from his work, saw the shoes ant
cut them down. leaving his old ones iu
stead. The old man next day came on
to see how the wires had performed, wa
delighted and exclaimed, MY poor bo,
has not only received the shoes, but ha
sent back his old onesm
Cor THEIR CLOTHES MIxED.-Marl
Twain in his new book called Tramp
Abroad, tells how party of tourists 90
wet and what they did when they cam
back to the hotel: 1--WE stripped, an,
went to bed, and sent our clothes down t.
l. A n.I. a. : L.
did the same. That chaos of clothing 90
mixed in the kitchen, and there were con
sequences. did not get back the drawer
sent down, when our things came up. n
6:l5; got pair on II new plan. The
were merely pair of long white ruffled
cuffed sleeves, hitched together at the to
with narrow band, and sthey did no
come quite down to my knees. The
were pretty enough but they made m
feel like two people, and disconnected a
that. The man must have been an Idle
that got himself up like thatto rough it i
the Swiss mountains.
The shirt they brought me was shorte
than the drawres, and hadn't any sleeve
to it-at least it hadn't anything NOR
than what Mr.. Darwin would call " rud
mentary " sleeves; these had "edging
around them, but the bosom was ridicr
lousy plain. Tho knit silk undershil
they brought me was on Il new plan an
was really II sensible thing; it openc
behind. and had pockets in IL to put tn
, shoulder blades in but they did not seel
, to fit mine. and so found it u sort
uncomfortable garment. They gave NJ
5 bobail coat TO somebody else,a sent II
: an ulster suitable for giraffe. had to t
my collar on because there was no butte
on the foolish little shirt which describe
while ago.