Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-14

The little stream when it enters the sea,
proclaims its arrival. The river forms the
] rnrtinn in silence.
A child heing asked ut were the three
great feastS uf the Jews, promptly and not
unnautlly replied: breakfast, dinner and
supper"
Mrs. Youngwoman wants to know
"h"w she can tell a fresh egg from stale
onr?" Taste it. Goosey, tasto it.-Bur-
'ington Hawkeye.
few days since little boy was look
ing at the hail. which WIS f,l ny in little
round white balls, when he rxcl,imed,
"L~k! John it is showing h1ne ,pathic
pills"
If all people are hereti,,,l who are
charged with preaching and writing her
esy, it is sad to think how the number
diminshes who are loyal to the truth
Golden Rule.
A Yankee medicine-vender advertses
that his nostrum cures all humorous dis
eases" In this category. we suppose is in
cuded the laughing Mysteries and St.
Vitus' dance.
Adam Clarke: Death to good man is
but passing through dark entry, out of
one little dusky room in his fathers house
into another that is fair and large, light
some and glorious, and divinely entertain
ing.
God is in our souls, as our souls are in
our bodies. He never ceases 10 spea TO
US; but the voice of the world without and
tumult of our passions within, bewilder US,
and prevent us from listening to Him.
Fenel0n
A good, motherly hen, who has worked
hard all her life, conscientiously and faith
fully. would have been paralyzed with
wonder and Encouragement if she could
have looked in the store windows and
seen some of the Easter eggs on exhibit
tion. n.-RocheSter Democrat.
Edith and Mabel had just put their dol
lies in their little crib. when Edith, with
the expression of one who has had great
weight lifted from her shoulders, said:
L" There! I'm thankful we've got the chill
dren to bed! We shall have a little peace
now!' Where in the world did she get
such ridiculous notion?'
Two raw Highlanders, Donald and
Dugald, are walking along street in St.
Mungo, when they come on water cart.
" Hill" shouts Dugald to the driver. hi!
you're losing all your water!" Then Don
aid comes in. "Oh. Dugald, Dugald,
dinna show your ignorance, The water is
meant to keep boys from riding on the
back of the cart"
Two gushing Boston girls were walking
one day in the suburbs of the Hub, when
they stumbled on little old fashioned
mile stone, forgotten in the march of i'm
provement. One of them stopped, ard,
parting the grass. discovered the half eta
ced inscription, 81. m. from Boston,"
upon which she exclaimed, ecstaticallv'
Here is grave, perhaps of some young
girl who wished it written on her tomb
stone. I'm from Boston How touching
so simple. and so sufficient"
BLACKING SrovES.-The fine polish
! given stoves by those skilled in the art is
produced as follows Have Il thin mixture
of black varnsh and uurpentine; apply this
with paint or varnish brush to portion
of the stove, then with a cloth dust this
over with pulverized British lusre or stove
8 polish then rub with dry brush The
, stove must be perfectly cold The stove
dealers buy the pulverized stove polish,
: which is carburet Of iron, in twenty-five
p ,und packages The process conducted
in this manner is quite brief, but gives
beautiful results.
There is surplus of alf-educated labor,
too many men that do not want to do any
thing in particular, and too many who
could not do anything very we'll if they
wanted to. To remedy this. boys must be
taught to be machinists, printers. weavers
and farmers; but tie place TO do this is
where the operations are carried on. The
| common schools have done great work
for the country and the world thus ftr and
will continue to do So if their usefulness
is not thwarted by being overburdened.
That is the danger OF to-day. The schools
are doing too many things now, not too
few.-Lacre9sce Eagle.
!, I" Let the boy" says the English writer,
hold his pen as he likes. and make his
strokes rs he likes, and write ut the pace
, he likes-hurry, of course, being dscour-
aged-but insist strenuously and persist
emily that his copy shall be egible, shall
; be clean and shall approach the good copy
set before him-namely. well written
letter, not rubbishy text on n single line,
written as nobody but a writing master
ever did or will write till the worlds end.
D He will make muddle at first, but he will
soon make passable imitation of his copy
!, and ultimately develop characteristic
and strong hand. which may be bad or
good, but will not be either meaningless.
I undecided or illegble. This hand will
alter, of course, very greatly as he grows
older"
A STUNNING SUCCESS There is moth
ing" said little Mr.. Barkingdale, who was
jumping at the top hook in the hat-rack
with his new silk hat" there is nothing"
a he painted, with another desperate Jump
u -" succeeds and up he went again
" like "-and he made jump that a kan
: garoo would have envied-" like "-he
J shouted. as he slapped his hat fairly over
the hook. hung on to the brim just a Sec
:, ond too long, tore it clear off, pulled the
u hook through the side of his hat, and then
y as the whole hat rack came over on top of
him, and he thrust his head through the
mirror in the middle of it, he roared in
: desperate and legitimate conclusion
n success" And all the rest of the guests
9 seemed to think that way. too, for the en-
thusiasm was tremendous.-P Pecb'S Sun.