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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

DRYING FERNs-The dried fronds of
terms are frequently employed in forming
screens under blinds. etc, and rs they are
easily obtalnable, collections of ferns being
generally grown, some hints as to the
preservation OF them cannot fail to he
acceptable. Get any carpenter to plane
two deal boards, about half an inch thick,
a loot wide, and foot ard half long.
Between these place one or two auires of
plotting paper. Round the boards put
two narrow but strong leather straps.
These must he drawn as tightly as posi-
Die, and will secure a great deal of pres
sure on tie fronds inside; and the whole
may be strapped on the top of a box, in
travelling so as not to take up much room.
In gathering ferns, cut them as low
down in the stem as possible; and in
small specimens get up the root, if you
can. In putting them to dry in the blot
tlng paper have respect to the natural
position OF the fern, and also to the size of
the sheet of paper on which they are to
be finally placed. When the fronds are
long and the specimens large, thev NAV
be benG so as to lie in a smaller space than
they otherwise could; and if dried in a
certain position, will retain the form easily.
II is best, at first, to make the pressure
light, so as to alter the form of the plant,
II needful. before it is completely dried;
then increase the pressure, day by day,
until the specimens are ready to remove.
Ferns dry quickly and easily, and may,
without injury, he kept in drying paper
for some time. When, however. they are
removed for final use, they sheuld be Sc
cured, if necessary. by little strips of
paper, which is best prepared
beforehand by covering sheet of note
paper with a strong solution of gum,
which when dry may be kept for a long
time, ready for use. The thinner the
strips are cut, the better, so as to hold the
parts of the plant in their right position.
This plan is in some cases preferable to
cumming the wi ole plant, or portions of
it, as the little strips can at any time be
removed with penknife, without iniuring
the paper or book in which they are fixed,
should there arise occasion to remove the
specimens. In drying ferns be careful
to change the blotting paper two or three
times week so as to remove any damp
ness, and dry the paper in the sun or be-
Tore the fire very often. II is best to have
.wo sets of paper, so that one can be dry
ng while the other is in use Anv ordin-
iry fern will be fit to put into the folio in
'wo or three weeks at most. .-E1claGnqe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

A LONELY GRAvE.-That afternoon I
ionnd something | had never seen before
"A little grave alone in wide pasture
which had once been a field. The nearest
mousse was at least two miles away, but BY
hunting tor it | found very old cellar,
where the child's home must have been,
not very far off, along the slope. 1t must
have been great many years ago that the
house had stood there; and the small slate
mead stone was worn away by the rain and
wind, SO there was nothing to be read, if
Indeed there ever had been any letters on
it. 1t had looked hlany storm in the face
and many red sunset. Isuppose the woods
near by had been cut, and grown again,
since 1t was put there. There was an old
sweet brer bush growing on the short little
grave, and on the grass underneath found
Il ground sparrow's nest. 1t was like a
little neighborhood, and have felt ever
since as if | belonged to it ;and wondered
then if one of the young ground sparrows
was not always sent to take the nest when
the old ones were done with it, so they
came back in the spring year after year
TO live there, and there were always the
stone and the sweet brier bush and
the birds TO remem ber the child. 1t
was such lonely place in that wide field
under the sky, and yet it was so comforta-
Bile too; but the sight of the little grave at
first touched me strangely. and l tried to
picture to myself the procession that came
out from the house the day of the funeral,
and thougt of the mother in the evening
after all the people had gone home, and
how she missed the baby. and kept seeing
the new grave out here in the twilight as
she went about her work. | suppose the
family moved away, and so all the rest
were bnried elsewhere.
often think of this place, and link it
in my thoughts with something | saw
once in the water when | was out at sea
A little boat that some child had lost, that
mad drifted down the river and out to sea
90 long a voyage. for it was a sad little
wreck, with even its white sail of hand
breadth half under water, and its twine
'igging trailing astern. 1t was silly
title boat, and no loss, except to its owner,
o whom it had seemed as brave and
proud thing as any ship Of the line to
you and me. 1t was snipwreck of his
mall hopes, suppose, and can see it
low, the toy Of the great winds and waves,
Is it floated on its way, while sailed on
nine, out of sight of land.
The little grave is forgotten by every
body but me, think; the mother must
lave found the child in Heaven a very
ong time ago; but in the winter | shall
wonder if the snow has covered it well .and
lext year l shall 60 to see the sweet brler
,ush when it is in bloom. God knows
What use that life was. the grave is such
short one, and nobody knows whose
hid it was; but perhaps Il thousand peo-
'Ie in the world TO day are better because
t brought little love into the world that
vas not there before" An Autunan Hol- |
lay," Harper's for October.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13
REPAID IN KINDA Christian family

REPAID IN KINDA Christian family
were burned out of house and home. AL
most everything which they possessed
was swept away by the devouring flames.
A lady who had no personal acquaintance
with them and resided in distant city,
felt that she might do something to evince
her sympathy and render assistance in such
an emergency; but various circumstances
made it impracticable for her to do as she
would gladly have done. Nevertheless
she could not deny herself the blessing of
being sharer in the sorrows and losses
of those she loved. Though she had not
money at hand, she had a bountiful supply
of wearing apparel. and other useful
articles. and from her stores she promptly
made up a generous parcel, and sent it to
the relief of the destitute people whose
goods had fallen Il prey to the flames !;
studiously concealing her name, so that
they had only the Lord to thank for the
timely gift.
Time passed, and misfortune and sick
ness came. and this generous giver found
herself in need of the very articles which
she had so freely given. 1t would not be
strange if under such circumstances, a
thought of the unwisdom of her gener-
osoty should intrude itself into her mind ;
but she repelled the suggestion, and held
fast her trust in the living God.
About this time some relatives return
ing from journey visited her, and having
an abundance of just such articles as she
needed, without any suggestion as to her
necessities. freely gave her, not money
nor cloth, but garments ready made of the
same kind which she had given away so
long before. She had lent to the Lord,
and the Lord had repaid the loan in kind !;
giving her Just sOlbat she toanted, and ,ehen
she wanted IL; so encouraging her to trust
in God and "lend, hoping for nothing"
looking to the Lord to supply all her needs
according to his = riches in glory. The
Christians.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

FRUIT JUIcEs.-Early ripening fruits
have thin, weak, transiently favored
juice, but the sorts that take their time to
ripen, with all the advantages of rich,
abundant saps from large, healthy leaves
and wood, and slow completion in warm
air under bright clear sky, well pro-
tracted into autumn, are what alone make
the richest syrnps. A very easy and eco.
nomlcsl way of preserving the Juice,
which is the essence of these superb pro-
ducts. with all its syrupy richness, and
nearly or quite all of its fine natural
flavor, is to take the fruit Just at full
perfection; press the juice from the skins,
seeds. etc; strain or filter if necessary;
and Immediately put into common bottles,
ready fitted with short corks at hand.
Set these in water in a boiler with some
bent wires under them to prevent danger
of breakage from contact with the heated
bottom, ,and raise to temperature of 1900
(tested by dipping the bulb of a ther-
mometer into the neck.) This moderate
heat destroys the germs of fermentation
without changing the flavor of the juice
much, if any; although in cider a degree
OF change is perceptible. Draw out of
the neck enough to admit the cork which
has been soaking in hot water; place it in
before lifting the bottle out. Dry the cork
and neck; seal with wax; and hold all
down close by placing round of tough
paper little larger than the cork over
the wax and q small sand bag on it till
cool; thus securing against the entrance
of any germ-infected air.-M Y. Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13
l find myself always struck and stim-

find myself always struck and slim
ulated by good anecdote, any trait Of
heroism, of faithful service. l do not
find that the age or country makes the
least difference; no, nor tie language the
actors spoke, nor the religion which they
professed, whether Arab in the desert or
Frenchman in the academy. see that
sensible men and conscientious men all
over the world are of one religion
the religion of we'll doing and daring,
men of sturdy truth, men Of integrity and
feeling for others. My inference is that
there is statement of religion possible
which makes all scepticism absurd. The
health and welfare of man consist in
ascent from surfaces to solids; from oc-
cupation with detail to knowledge of the
design; from self-activity of talents, which
lose their way by the lust of display, to
the controlling and reinforcing of talents
by the emanation of character. er.-Bnerson.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

THE ONE SAFE WAY.-The pilot of a
United States revenue cutter was asked
if he knew all the rocks along the coast
where he sailed. He replied" No; it is
only necessary to know where there are
no rocks" These words suggest deep
moral and spiritual truth. Sermons lee
lures and books abound on the temptations
which lie along the life-course of the
young to eternity. Over the most dan
gerous ones are lifted the solemn notes
of repeated warning. This is we'll And
yet how mnch more frequently does the
word OF God present and enforce. with
all the urgency of motive love can suggest,
the very truth contained in the pilots an
swer-the Kings highway of holi-
ness Looking unto Jesus with simple
faith. the soul is secure; whatever the
perils that lurk on every hand, there are
no rocks ahead.-Presbyterian.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

JAPANESE Observation-Disclosures
are proving popular novelty in Japan,
where journalism is making great stripes.
The Japanese, it is said, having keen
relish for news and like both none the
less for being seasoned with scandal.
The best of the several hundred news.
papers of the empire are published i'll
Toxic. They embrace journals of every
description, from the heavy political
Nichi Nichi Shimbun to tine sensational
police news gazette, the Horitzu Monde,
and the comic paper, Mara Mara Chimbun.
The Japanese joke is very deep in mean
ing, and much is lett to the imagination.
At the time of the visit of Gen. Grant,
who was called "Ran San by the peobe,
cartoon appeared which was simply a
picture of the Chinese grass called San.
with this legend lowing to the fashionable
rage for this specimen Of foreign horticul-
ture,the population has wasted great deal
of money"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

PRAYING AND WoKING.-I like that
saying of Martin Luther when he says,
II have so much business to do to-day
that | shall not be able to get through it
with less than three hours prayer" Now,
most people would say, II have so much
business to do today that l have only
three minutes for prayer. | cannot afford
the time" But Luther thought that the
more he had to do the more he must pray,
or else he could not get through it. That
is blessed kind of logic; we understand
it! Praying and provender hinder no
mans Journey" If we have to stop and
pray, it is no more hinderance than
when the rider has to stop at the farrier's
to have his horses shoe fastened; for if
he went on without attending to that, ii
may be that ere long he would come to a
stop of far more serious kind.-C. II,
Spur0eon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

THE WAY TO THE CRowN.-We must
taste the gall, if we want to taste the
glory. If justified by faith, we must suffer
tribulations. When God saves soul, he
tries it. Some believers are much sur
prised when they are called to suffer,
They thought they would do some great
thing for God; but all he permits them to
do is to suffer for his sake. Go round to
every one in glory: each has different
story to tell, yet every one tale of
suffering. But mark, all were brought
out of them. 1t was dark cloud, but it
passed away. The water was deep, but
they reached the other side. Not one
there blames G ID for the way he led them
thither. "Salvation! is their only cry.
Child of God, murmur not at your lot.
You must have palm as well as white
robe. Learn to glory in tribulation.-
NJ Cheyne.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

CoURTEsIEs. way to make your
self pleasing to others is to take an interest
in their affairs. To show in some friend
ly way that you care for them. The
whole world is very much like the miller
ut Mansfield who scared for nobody.-no,
not he,-because nobody cared for him. "
And the whole world will serve you so
if you give them the same cause. Let
your acquaintances see that you do care
for them, by showing them "the sweet
courtesies of life," those courtesies in
which there are no parade; whose voice
is too still to tease, and which manifest
themselves by little kind attentions. pleas
ant smiles, and desire to give up to
others the preference in every little enjoy
ment at the table, and either at home or
abroad, evincing desire to contribute to
the happiness of others, rather than take
the largest share elf,-FiortSts'
Friend.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

The original Mrs. Grundy was the
wife of President Van Buren's attorney
general. the Hon. Felix Grundy of Ten
nessee, and she ruled aristocratic society
in Washington with rod of iron Her
edicts were law, her presence was indis-
pensable to the success of all fashionable
gatherings, and such an authority she be
came on social topics that the expression,
" Mrs. Grunddy says became so com
mou as to outive her fame.
The above item is travelling the newspaper
rounds, and is without particle of truth.
The expression occurs in Tom Morton's
play of Speed the Plough" an old fa-
vorite of theatre goers. in whicn the ex-
preston " What will Mrs. Grundy sayp'
is repeatedly used by one oil the characters
named Dame Ashield."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

A young lady who says she is young
and handsome writes: "Hhe man for me
to love is vastly my superior, n
man who will compel my spirit to bend Its
knee to his; who will command my soul
to stand still and shine on him, as Joshua
commanded the sun; who can trample
my will to the dust. etc. She should
have no difficulty in finding such man
one who will not only command her soul
to stand still, but who will also command
its owner to get up first in the morning to
build the fire, split kindlings and carry up
the coal, and whose language will make
her hair staud on end when he comes
home and finds dinner fifteen minutes tate.
There are lots of men who will bend her
spirit for her, and also make her back
bend over wash tub while they go down
to the saloon and discuss the best method
of saving the country from the hands of
its political Dnemies -NOrriStoWn Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

WHERE THE ORPHAN FOUND A HoNE.
"A few days ago boy about ten years OF
age. lame and sickly. who had been living
with MS mother in rooms in the city,
found himself alone in the world. The
lad was too i'll to ride in he one poor
carriage which followed the body to the
grave, yet no one thought his condition
serious. After the funeral number of
persons gathered in the poverty stricken
room where he lay weeping, TO see what
disposition could be made of him.
IF he wasn't lame I'd take him into
my family" observed one of the men in "A
tone that seemed to show he blamed the
boy for his misfortune.
"Well it's awful hard" sighed one of
the women, but l know he couldn't get
along with my children"
Nor with nine," added second.
"lf | shou | take him he'd run up a
big doctors bill on mo-" said man as he
filled his pipe.
Each and every one had some excuse.
The boy heard them all without "a word,
but with quivering chin and eyes full
of tears. Under one pretext and another
all slipped out and left him alone, prom
lsing to have another talk in the morning
Perhaps that night before they closed
their eyes in sleep some of them thought
Of the poor lad lying in the dreary room
alone and almost helpless, but if so, none
Of them went near him. Late in the
morning woman living on the same
ioor went in 10 see if he might not want a
bite to eat, and the question of who should
take care of him was settled. God had
-aken care of him. Rugged close to the
wall. as if he feared the midnight
shadows, and with eye-lashes yet wet, he
was dead and cold, no longer a burden to
anyone. The boy, too lame to be taken
care of on earth-too feeble to earn the
,rusts that some one would have given
lim-had a home better than the hest.
When they knew that he died alone, wom-
IN bent over him and wept. When they
lifted his wasted body from the bed, mems
smote them for their harsh
words, but it was to late, He had gone
rom earth feeling that there was no mer-
y in the human heart.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13
4 most beautiful and easily obtained

A most beautiful and easily obtained
show of evergreens may be had by yer
simple plan, which has been found to
answer remarkably we'll on small scale
If geranium branches taken from luxur-
liant and healthy trees, be cut as for slips,
and immersed in soap water, they will,
after dropping for few days, shed their
leaves, put forth fresh ones. and continue
in the finest vigor all winter. By placing
a number of bottles thus filled in flower
basket, with moss to conceal the bottles, u
show of evergreen is easily insured for
the whole winter. All the different
varieties OF the plant being used, the
various shapes and colors Of the leaves
blend in a beautiful effect. They require
no fresh water.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

o Christian people, who disagree and
wrangle, and meanly suspect each other,
and encroach upon each other, or try
sharp practices upon each other in the
stock exchange or at the brokers' board ;
and who being once enraged refuse to set
tie it, and stir mp the churches and make
ecclesiastical confusion worse confounded;
wbv cannot We hear out of the far past
this great, good voice of Abram, and live
at least up to his lghtP Let there be no
strife for we be brethren. ."-Congre-
nationalist.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

There is ministry that is older and
deeper and more potent than ours; it is
that ministry which presides over the crib,
and puts the first touches of gospel inhu,
ence upon the infant soul. Before the
pulpit begins, before even the Sunday
school begins, the mother has already be-
gun, and has been moulding the plastic
WAX of character for veal or woe, for
heaven or hell. A tremendous power
this it is the same power which sent
Samuel out of the home of godly Hannah,
and wicked Ahazah out of the home of
goddess Jezebel. Both of them " walked
in the way of his mother"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

The colored people of Little Rock Ark.
are divided as to the needs of the soil
One congregation has been praying for
rain, while the other asked for continued
sunshine. The minister of the wet dis
trict sent the following note to the people
of the dry: You folks oughter be
ashamed of yourselves. This cross cut
epayin' is enough to get the Lord so both
edrthat he don't know whLt to d."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

An Ohio court has decided that women
do not own the clothes they wear. In a
recent case the Judge held that necessary
and suitable clothing furnished by hus-
band to his wife, or purchased by her with
money or means given to her by her hus-
band for that purpose, does not become
her property within the meaning of the
statute concerning the rights and liabilities
of married, women.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

EDWIN LANDsEER's DExTERTTY.-But
| by far the most amazing instance Of the
technical powers of our subject is that
which is in itself, without regard to Land
seer, a subject of extraordinary interest to
psychologists, and inquirers into the nature
of the action of the brain and the distribu-
ton of nerve power. Our informant is
Mr.. Solomon Hart, a Royal Academician
remarkable for his accomplishment and
acut observation. A large party assem-
beled one evening at the house of gentle
man in the upper ranks of London socie-
ty," crowds of ladies and gentlemen of
i distinction present, including Landseer,
who was, as usual, a lion; large group
gathered about the sofa where he was
lounging the subject turned on dexterity
and facility in feats of skill with the hand.
No doubt the talk was ingeniously led in
this direction by some who knew Sir Edwin
could do wonders of dexterous draughts-
manshp, and yet were not unwilling to
see him draw, but they did not expect
what followed.
A lady. lolling back on settee, and
rather tired of the subject, rs ladies are
apt to become when conversation does not
appchl W tuoll lCciluSo vi htoloSIS, GA
claimed, after many instances of manual
dexterity had been cited: "Well, there's
one thing nobody has ever done, and that
is draw Two things at once She had sig
nalized herself by quashing u subject Of
conversation, and was about to return to
her most becoming attitude, when Land
seer said: "Oh, [ can do that; lend me
two pencils, and l will show YOU The
pencils were got, piece of paper was
laid on the table, and Sir Edwin, pencil
in each hand, drew simultaneously, and
without hesitation, with the one hand the
profile of stag's head and all its antlers
complete, and With the other hand the
perfect profile of II horses head. Both
drawings were full of energy and spirit,
and although, as the occasion compelled,
not finished, they were together and in
dividually quite us good us the master
was accustomed to produce with his right
hand alone; the drawing by the lef hand
was not inferior to that by the right.-F
G. Stephens.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

At meeting of clergymen not long
since, reverend gentleman by the name
of Loss, of dimensions somewhat extend
ed, laterally and altitudinally, presented
himself. Says one of the brethren TO him,
when you left your people, yon were a
great Loss" "Yes," said another, when
be dies he will be no Loss" May"
said third" He will be dead Loss"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-13

One of the most remarkable operations
in dentistry ever recorded was performed
at Portsmouth, N. H., recently, A boy
who had been out for drive was descend
ing from the carriage when the horse
gave vigorous whisk of his tail, twisted
the end-of hair around one of the boys
front teeth, and pulled it out 50 quickly
that the lad had hardly time to feel the
loss.