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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

THE CURSED LIQUOR SToREsr'
When the poor heart broken wife of the
murdered Auction, who had been stabbed
to the heart by the drunken brute Murphy
few days ago, heard the news of her
husbands death, she exclaimed. "Ohi
the liquor stores, the cursed liquor
stOresm
If we only reflect on the feelings of the
wretched woman rs she contemplated her
butchered husband, brought to bloody
grave by rum, we would shrink back in
horror from the evils and misfortunes pro.
duced by liquor. Rum is the most pow
erful agent the devil has on earth, and to
1t May be traced mostly all the crimes,
murders and debaucheries which disgrace
society and convert this beautiful world of
ours into veritable hell Like the devil
himself, it is the father of all evils, and
more souls have been lost through its
agency than from all other causes COM
bined.
We ask. is it not rum that has filled our
prisons with criminals, our poor houses
with paupers, our streets with fallen
women, and our asylums with lunatics?
AS soon as rum enters a household the
devil goes with IL, and there is neither
peace. happiness. OF prosperity in that
family again.
Its inmates become wretched, vile drunk
ards, goings about in rags, hunger and
nskedness, until they wind up in the
prison or the poor-house, while the rum
seller who supplies them with the fatal
poison keeps his fast horses, and most
likely his fast-we won't write the
word.
What a fearful responsibility rests upou
those who sell whisky, for is it not writ
ten, Woe be to him by whom scandal
cOmethp"
The Lord God has emphattically de-
clared that Neither the drunkard nor the
fornicator shall enter the kingdom of
Heaven"
How this terrible sentence should make
drunkards tremble! Are they willing to
burn forever in the flames of hell in order
to CRAFTY beastly passion for few
years on e,'rth,
If so, let them drink and be merry; if
not, let them dash from their lips the
wretched cup so brimful of tears, crime
and perdition. Remember the cry of
poor Mrs. Auction: "Oh, the liquor
stores, the cursed liquor stores!'- Mew
York Tablet, (CathoLic.)
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

The heralds of autumn already proclaim
her approach. The locust pipes his shrill
notes in the sunny moons that intervene
between the chilly mornings and evenings.
The crickets chirp mournfully, and the
katydids commence their endless conten-
tions as soon as the daylight fades. The
sun hurres towards the south, fingers
longer below the eastern horizon, sinks
earlier below the western, and lessons his
meridian height with each returning day.
The night has stolen an hour and half
from the longest summer days, and the
twilight that fingered lovingly in the west
is now rudely cut short as the evening
shades more quickly fall. The earth
moves on in her inevitable course towards
the autumnal equinox, and that happy
equilibrium when the sun shines from pole
to pole, and day and night are evenly
divided. But nature does not make her
transitions with line and plummet, for
many a summer day will throw lts
dreamy spell over the advent of autumn,
many forerunner of autumn Will blend
with the departing summer. The gorge
Gus hues Of summer flowers glide into the
golden grain and ripening fruits OF au,
tumnal harvests so symmetrlcally ana
harmoniously that no one can define the
point where one season commences and
the other ends Beautiful just now is the
blending of this charming manifestation
of the scope and diversity of The beauties
of nature. Now in the sunny noon sne
woos her votaries to a life in the open ar
now with warm breath from the south
she invites the evening enjoyment OF
of moonlit and starlit skies. now Win d
sudden chill in the air she persuades 70
iireside enjoyment, and now with u waS1 70
from the north she prepares foretasOe VI
nippng frosls that seem so TAR away, 1u. %
which are surely coming to destroy nsr .a,
exquisite handiwork, and wrap ner 'oVeiy
creations in the mantle of winter Sleep
Providence Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

Poisonous CIGARETTEs.-The Franklin
Repository prints the follow ing. The stat
ement deserves serious con: era m:
"Cigarette smoking is no a fash 'nable
habit, and one which is inc easiug an
alarming rate among half-grown boys. nds
it is the opinion of well-known physicl
that if this habit is not checked addition
to our asyums will be in order. A phys
sician, satisfied that there was death in that
form of tobacco, had cigarette analysed.
The result was startling. The tobacco was
found to be strongly impregnated with
opium, while the wrapper, which was war
ranted to be rice paper, was proven to be
the most ordinary quolity of white paper
whitened with arsenic; the two poisons
combined being presented in sufficient
quantities to create in the smoker the hab-
it of using opium without his being aware
of it, and which craving can only be salts
fed by an incessant consumption of ciger-
ettes."
But three-tourths of our young men suck
cigarettes and consider it essential to their
manliness (? We suppose the matter of
poisoning is secondary, as long as they are
sin style" Tobacco, as it grows, is poison
enough. In its manipulation it goes
through processes which are filthy and pro-
duces poisonous effects on all who use it.
Paper, beet leaves, and other stuff, is ex-
tensively used with tobacco, after being
manipulated to initiate the tobacco leaf.
Arsenic, green copperas, rancid oil several
of the acids, moasses, and what the dyers
call "sig" or urine, are used in fiavoring
and coloring wrappers, 50 as to produce
uniformity in appearance. A great variety
of "fugitives" are now in use for filling,
but it is manufactured to reduce the cost
and avoid using good tobacco"
The use of tobacco is one of the prime
causes of drinking. 1t dries up the mucous
surfaces, and no amount of drink will
quench the thurst thus created; it requires
time, and the stomach is not 50 much (at
frst) the seat as the throat catarrh in all
its forms is promoted, and the heart, in its
action and functions, is materially inter
fered with; and in the eyes Of the people
who are ceanly in themselves, viilainous
fumes and the splitting is little short, of
oggish-certainly not neat, gentlenanly
or pleasant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

SATAN WORKS SlLENTLY.-Little by
little Satan leads souls away from Christ
In ways unseen by others they are led
Around their hearts gather feelings ant
desires which seem trihing. 1t is like the
first small leaks in the banks of the
Mississippi, through which ere long The
mighty, resistless torrent will break q
wide channel. and spread ruin in it,
course. Great criminals usually can trace
their fall to seemingly triaing beginnings
An exchange says: "Of the fall of 8
prominent citizen and member of the
chnrch, very recently, into the abyss Of
ruin and disgrace, friend inquired sadly
How can you account for itp so sudden
and unexpected to ALL l replied by
relating an incident in my western expert
ence. | was passing through beautiful
park, in which number of fine locust
trees had been prostrated by recent
storm. asked of my companion with
surprise how it happened that those APP
parently thrifty trees shonld be broken by
the gale. He replied, 'Oh. the borers
prepared the way
Silently and unseen the work of hasten
ing overthrow had been done during the
months before. The hearts of the green
locusts were " honey -conbed" by those
little borers Had the trees been conscious,
their fall would have been no surprise to
them. Nor has the moral ruin Of the dis
tinguishcd criminals of our times been so
to themselves. They nourished the hidden
destroyerS, the secret sins, which prepared
the way for the pressure Of great tempta-
tion. whose ruin startled millions And
all surprise over human depravity sudden
ly revealed in gigantic evil will vanish
forever in I" the day when God shall Judge
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ "-Ihe
Guardian.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

SoCIETY.-Says Professor w. T. Harris
"By combination into society, man is en-
abled to conquer nature. The aggregat,
of individuals can achieve victory wher,
a multitude of single attacks have failed
The institution of civil society is the frs
form of the living miracle of combination
For, compared with nature and natura
laws. the results of society are indeed mi
raculous. What could be more wonderfn
at first sight than the proposition to trans
mute the selfish process of gratifying
animal want into spiritual process where
in the selfishness is well-nigh sifted out
or transmitted into generous service ol
others, and at the same time so to lift ,
man out of the reach of the pinching hanC
of necessity that he never trembles witt
dread of want? Yet this result, miracu
lous rs it may seem when first propounded
is the actual result of the human com
bination in civil society and the family
BY division of labor each individual is sci
to work, not directly for his own gratifica
ton, but directly for society. What the
laborer produces must go to the market
and be sold to others. What the laborel
needs himself must be obtained in market
from others. Thus he serves society anC
gives it all he has, and receives as gift
from society his own support in return
Thus each individual is engaged in serving
others, and not as slave tolls for his
master; for, although even that is a higher
mediation than the brutal savage state
wherein man seizes directly his own
substance just as the animal does, ye
there remains in it a deep slight done tC
spiritual essence of man. In civil society
each man tolls for his fellow-men, anC
receives his recognition therefor in the
symbol of social obligation which il
money "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

The Most BEAUTIFUL HAND.-There
was once great king. He admired above
all things else lady's hand, small,
shapely, soft and white. He made a great
feast, wonderful feast, such as only a
king could give. He babe all the woman
of the city where he lived to come to it
high and low, rich and poor: none could
be excused-and he proclaimed that the
one who had the most beautiful hand
should receive rich dover and be hon
ored by the queen.
One may imagine what time there
was, equal to that of trying on the glass
slipper Of Cinderella. Such bleaching
and squeezing of hands; many white ones
with pink tips hoped to win; many soft
ones, with paper tips, felt quite sure some
who prided themselves. because they had
never labored, or their hands been exposed
TO the sunlight, were sanguine. So they
came to the feast.
The king sat upon his throne, and had
several judges by his side. Then he oaus-
ed all the women to pass before him. As
they did so, bright jewels flashed from
many hands, diamonds glistened in the
light as though scorning his gift. Some
we're unsightly, but the king examined
them all 10 carry out his whim.
His attention was arrested by q lady
passing quickly with her hands gloved.
The king stopped her and angrily cried,
How is thisp Did l not order all the
ladies to unglove? How dare you refuse?"
The lady tremblingly replied:
II did not think to displease the king,
| thought to pass unnotced. came be-
cause the good king commanded"
Then why not remove your gloves?'
asked the king.
II would only take your time, good
king; my hands are not beautiful. Oh,
no! they are too useful for that. The COM
fort of my home and family depend much
upon them. Ny children, oh, king! are
never SO happy as when mother joins in
their plays, though it stains snd discolors
my hands. visit the poor and sick, and
ministering with these hands makes them
hard and unshapely; but I'd not part with
the pleasure these sweet offices bring for
all of your kingdom, oh, kingw She bow
ed, and was passing on.
"HIold!' cried the king in loud voice.
II have found the most beautiful hand,
hand that fears not to blacken and rough
en-, to grow hard and unshspely in its love
and duty to others. Would to God my
kingdom was mae up of such hands-of
such hearts! then would there be no need
of ruler or king, of walls and prisons.
Bring the costliest diamond and deck these
hands; let them pour my wine at the ban
quet Send for her hushand--give him
the office next the king, Let the influence
of these hands be felt throughout the king
DOM" 1t was done even as the king said
-HOuSebseper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

CHINESE CoMMERcE.-The Chinese
government has removed the restrictions
which heretofore has forbidden China
men from engaging actively in commerce
with foreign nations. Commerce with
China has heretofore been carried on ex-
clusively by foreigners. but it is announ-
ced that ship owned, manned and
officered by Cinnamon will soon appear
in the harbor at San Francisco. This is
an amusing commentary on the errand OF
the commission now in the Celestial En-
pire to negotiate some restriction OF
Chinese immigration. The preposterous
folly of the attempt to shut out from
settlement or residence people on whose
commerce, destined to be of incalculable
value, we are casting a shrewd and thrifty
eve, will soon be perceived-is already
perceived by the nation The anti-Chl-
nese craze will run its courae in San
Francisco, and its course will not be long
Meanwhile both political parties bid for
the vote of California by the insertion OF
anti. Chinese declarations in their respect
i've platforms which neither party has the
slightest intention of carrying into effect.
The sending of II costly commission TO
China was nothing but an ingenious make
shift to tide over the presidential contest
and enable al republican administration to
do nothing, and yet lose no votes. The
other party acquiesced because ii dared
not oppose a measure ostensibly directed
to the ultimate restriction of Chinese i'm.
migration. Such is honor and conscience
among politicians.-ChrtStta" Statesman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

4 The ANINALS-WHAT THEY THINK OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATEs.-The
animals had't been very sociable since
the June conventions, children, and the
menagerie had been very quiet so far AS
the discussion of social and political topics
was concerned. For one thing, the sum
mer season opened right after the conven-
tlons, and the menageries went right out
on the road. and consequently the animals
were very busy all day and very tired at
night, and didn't get to see so much of
each other. But one rainy day there was
no afternoon performance, and when the
big parrot climbed up in the trapeze for
a little swing the conversation naturally
turned on greenbackers, whereat the wild
ass of the desert said he would like to
go out this fall and make a few speeches
| for Weaver,
Nick Bottom, the weaver?" asked
the elephant: :" let's see, your head was
on his shoulders once, wasn't it?"
The wild ass said no, that was another
Weaver, but this was one of the same
kind, only he had an asss head of his
own.
The camel said he admired Gen. Han
cock on account of his shape.
He will be shaped like you," the ell
ephant said, "by next November he will
have to hump himself if he gets through" ="
The sloth wanted to know about Gar
fields staying qualities, and the elephant
said that he wasn't the man to stay on
one branch three feet long for a year and
half, if that was what he meant but the
sloth had gone to sleep and failed to earh
the general sacrasm
The anaconda said he couldn't swallow
the Cincinnati ticket on account of its
tail, which spoiled it. He said he should
leave any menagerie in minute that
would ask him to train in the same den
with a copperhead. 1t was the meanest
kind of snake, he said, that ever crawled
in the grass.
The red deer understood that Gen.
Hancock looked splendidly in the saddle,
but the elephant explained that only meant
saddle of mutton and the general now
weighed nearly 300 pounds. The red deer
nervously remarked that it had always
been for Garfield, anyhow, whereupon
several of the animals in low cages called
out. Fraid cat! Fraid cat!'
When the confusion had subsidized some
of the animals wanted to know what were
Hancock's chances for election.
The elephant said:
"You know how the funny old clown
comes in and says jokes and sings songs
in every performance"
Yes, they all said,
"Well." said the elephant. what are
the chances of his saying something
funny?"
And then all the animals looked verv
solemn and shook their heads and said
things looked mighty dark for Hancock
now.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

An amusing story is told by Lord Dun
donald in his autobiography, of a parrot
which used to accompany him to sea, and
which used to mark its sojourn on board
the vessel by getting into IS much mischief
as possible. One day party of ladies
paid visit to Lord Dundonald and his
officers, and had to be hoisted on deck by
the usual means of whip on the main.
yard The parrot, gravely perched aloft
was an interested witness of the scene
The ladies had all been safely landed on
deck but one, and this exception had been
hauled up to the level of the deck, and
would have been safe in an instant; but
the parrot, ever on the alert for fun, cried
out: 81 Let 60" The order was instantly
obeyed, and despite the screams and pro-
testations of the unfortunate lady, she was
slipped down again and soundly soused in
the sea, Of course she was promptly res
cued, but history is dumb as to what befell
the parrot.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

THE YOUNGER SIsTER.-There is much
in the social training of a young girl
says the Philadelphia Times, for which a
mother and the elder sister are directly
responsible. While it is true that children
should not. be unpleasantly forward in
conversation, it is just as right that they
should be heard, and among kindly heart
ed people their speech is always welcome
if put forth properly. The person who
snubs younger sister and crowds her
out of sight when others are present, does
her sad injustice. The child is to be a
woman, and is rapidly becoming one.
She needs kind and pleasand culture in
everything that tends to make her woman
ly. A lift on her way helps her 70 that
mental growth which nobody can enjoy il
held down under pressure. Her mind
needs to be quickened and strengthened
by converse and contact with the minds
of others. With this lifting and helping
and quickening she has chance to grow
in every proper and worthy direction.
Without it she retires out of sight and
shrivles into melancholy existence. The
Chinese bind and cramp the feet of their
girl children. We call it unreasonable.
To bandage child's mind and to with
hold from her the chance to attain that for
which God has made her, is as undesirable
and as culpable as anything the Chinese
do in the way of crippling their girls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

Do WE EAT Too MUcH?-The amount
of nourishment which & person needs
greatly depends an his constitution, state
OF health, habits and work. A sedentary
man requires less than one whose duties
demand the exercise Of his muscles, and
brain worker needs more than an idler.
But unquestionably the majority of us
take more than we need. Indeed, food
and work are distributed most unequallv.
The man of leisure is also the man OF
means, and, accordingly. fares sumptuous-
ly every day; while the l,borer tolls eight
or ten hours each day, and many even
more, and find it difficult to get enough
to repair the waste of the tissues. Yet n
Chnaman or a Bengalee will toll under a
tropical sun, and find few pice worth of
rice or jowrah sufficient to sustain his
strength. A Frenchman will not eat half
what an Englishman engaged in the same
work will demand and Spanish laborer,
content in ordinary times with a water
melon and bit of black bread, will toll
in the vineyards and grow fat on dietary
OF onion porrdge and grapes. 1t is true
that Mr.. Brassey, when building the con-
tinental railways, found that one English
navy was worth II couple of spare fed for
elgners. But, on the other hand, the
British Columbian and Californian gold
diggers, than whom more magnificent
set of athletes does not exist, live in the
remote mountains of the far west, mainly
on beans favored with few cubes of pork.
But they also obtain the be-, t of water and
the Purest of air, and their out door life
and active exercise enable them to digest
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

THE BUoYANCY OF WATEn.-Another
terrible steamboat slaughter! Presence of
mind, and slight knowledge of the speci.
tic gravity of the human body would have
saved much of this frightful loss of life.
There was loose wood enough about the
boat to have foated ten times the number
of passengers on the ill-fated vessel, if ii
had been used with judgment. The hu-
man body weighs about pound in the
water, and single chair will carry two
grown persons. That is. it would keep
their heads above water, which is all that
is necessary when it is question of life or
death. The burning vessel was close to
shore, the water was calm and warm, and
all of these passengers might easily have
jumped overheard and padded laughing
ashore, if they had only possessed and used
the simple knowledge that one finger plac-
ed upon stool, or chair, or "a small box,
or piece of board, would easily keep the
head above water, while the two feet and
the other hand might be used as paddles to
propel towards the shore. 1t is not at all
necessary to know how to swim to be able
to keep from drowning in this way. A
little experience of the buoyant power OF
water, and faith in it, is all that is requir-
ed. We have seen small boy who could
not swim stroke, propel himself back and
forth across deep. wide pond by means
of board that would not sustain five
pounds weight In fact that sometime
small boy is now writing this. Children
and all others should have practice in the
sustaining power of water In nine cases
g . l-no,ulaJ,ra hat tuhat mil
snstain pound weight is all that is neces-
sary to keep ones head above water will
serve better in emergencies than the great
est expertness as a swimmer. A person
unfamiliar with the buoyant power of
water will naturally try to climb on top of
the floating object on which he tries to
save himself If it is large enough that is
all right. But it is generally not large
enough, and half of struggling group is
often drowned in the desperate scramble
of life and death struggle to keep them all
entirely above the water. This often hap
pens when pleasure boats capsize. All
Immediately want to get out of the water
on top of the over turned or halffilled
boat, and all are drowned except those
whom the wretched craft will wholly bear
up. If they would simply trust the water
to sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the
weight of their bodies, and the disabled
boat the other hundredth, they might all
be saved under most circumstances. An
overturned or water-illed wooden boat
will sustain more people in this way than
it will carry 1t would keep the heads
above water of as many people as could
get their hands on the guuwale. These
are simple facts, easily learned. and may
some day save your life.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

A plainly dressed little woman from
San Francisco recently appeared at a
California watering place, with her two
little children, and was snubbed by all the
ladies there. She then quietly sent a
message home. and the following day nine
huge trunks arrived. The next morning
she appeared at breakfast in magnificent
morning dress by Worth with profuse dia
monds and with her children dressed in
the height of fashion. Everybody seemed
anxious at once to make amends for past
Sights, but she was extremely distant and
naughty, as the possessor of such clothing
and Jewels ought to be. She cut all the
women in this way for week, then pack
ed up her trunks and sent them home,
and resumed her sensible and plain
vacation clothing.