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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

"TooK IT OwUT." Erred, the porter at
the general offices of the Wisconsin Cent
raj, walked into the shop of II matchmaker
from " Vaterland with one of the speed
recorders used on that road under his arm.
He wished to have it repaired. Now n
speed recorder is nothing more than clock
work cast in II cast-iron box of peculiar
shape. But it nevertheless is very mys-
terious looking affair to those not know
ing what it is. In fact, speed-record
might readily pass for an Internal machine
and no doubt they are considered as such
by all train men who are obliged to toler-
ate them on their trains.
As has been said, Fred walked into the
watchmaker's, and placing the recorder
on the counter, was surprised to soc the
old gentleman point towards the door.
Not exactly understanding what this
meant, Fred opened his mouth to state his
errand, and was still more astonished to
hear Hans exclaim, in very determined
tone:
Took il owut"
81 want to have it fixed" says Fred.
81 tole you, took it owut!' eXclaims
Hans.
Let me show you the clock" says Fred
proceeding to open the box.
No clock there!" yelled Hans, 81
tole you, took it owut"
Why, yes there is" expostulated Fred
Just look here" and he made II move
to open the box, but Hans headed him off
Jerking an old musket from under the
counter he leveled it at the astonished
porter and yelled;
Mein Got in llimmel! l tolo you took
it owuL! You can't blay only such tricks
ofer mel! Und now tole you took i
owut or plows your tam het of"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

THE New BANNER.-Upon the declara-
ton of war in 1872 the town military
authorities rc-organized by the election of
new officers and Il general brushing up of
accoutrements. Just before the battle OF
Platsburg n town company in that vicini-
ty elected Il stalwart but rather lliterate
fellow by the name of Jonathan Pillsbury
captain. He felt that the eyes of the
whole state of New York were upon him.
He encouraged his company to be brave
in the coming battle. He assured them
that he would behead them rs long as
there was man of them left, and that his
own name would 90 down to posterity."
The banner of the company had emblazon-
cd upon its folds, in addition to the stars
and stripes, the emblematic eagle, holding
in its talons the legendary scroll, g
Pluribus Unum."
The captain eyed the eagle with admira-
ton. but was puzzled ut the significance
of the motto. Seeking light upon the
subject he was informed by II wag that it
was the name of the first captain Of the
company. bright thought dawned upon
the uncuItivated mind of Captain Pills
bury. He quietly took the flag to a sign
painter, and mad the name of the Z" first
captain " obl,erated, and his own substi-
tuted, and that company rushed into the
fight barring II banner with that strange
device. " L. Jonathan Pillsbury."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

The DESIGN OF THE PYRAMIDS. 1t may
not be #mis, to notice here the work OF
Professor PLlzzi Smith in which he says
the grrjt pyramid wtts not II royal tomb,
but was built to preserve astl onOmcal
tata; and that he supposed sPrcophagus
in the kings chamber never held the
body of Khuiu, but was made for met
rcnl standard. This eminent mathemat-
ciln has attempted to prove that the king
used all the resources of Il reign in erect
ing Il pile five hundred feet high in order
to make clear to future ages the points OF
the compass ard the precise length OF II
Jewish cubit; and all this ages before the
Jews had been evolved" DR.. Bru9sch
nowhere alludes to his ingenious folly,
hat we remember; but in the course Of
bis work the design of the pyramids is
placed beyond controversy. The names
of the principal pyramids are significant:
O. bch, the cool; Ab.setu, the purest of
places; Khn bl, the rising of souls; Men
seu, the firm place; Nuter-setu, the most
roly place; Noter setu, the most beautiful
place: Tut-Sctu, the most lasting place ;
Mcuankh, the inn of life; kha-nofcr, the
good rising; Ba, the soul. these names
show that the kings knew what they were
building. In the early ages every Phar-
aoh set about constructing his pyramid as
soon us he was crowned. Later, when
these piles had become numerous, it was
,Ihc custom 10 make ~ chamber in The rock
for II tomb
One inscription relates the ceremony OF
placing the embalmed body Of II king in
his stone coffin in the heart of his pyramid
His son and successor spent II long time
alone with the mortal remains; then he
came out and "shut the doors, laying seal
ing earth upon them, and pressed upor
, them his ownroyal seal, thus commanding
, the priests |, | have completed the lock
ing up; no other of any kings shall any
I more enter in
There is undoubtedly evidence of grea
mathematical knowledge in the construc
+ ton of the great pyramid, But because
seven hundred and iifty-siX, the number o
), feet in the length Of one side happens Il
] be Il multiple Of the mean diameter of th
>. earth. it is rather violent inference to rs
Scrt that the court architect was acQuant
=, ed with that diameter. For we know how
:, the pyramids We're made; and If Khuf
!, had lived another year the pyramid woul'
Z, have been lurgcr by one course OF stone o
each side. 1t is not doubted that Tn
Lights Originally so called, perhaps, be
i cause oncascd in white marble) was
h tomb, like all the othrrs,-a wonderful
6 tomb, doubtless, but still II tomb, an
! nothing else. When the pyramid Wa
finished there could have been no acces
b. the top either from without or fror
=, within, and the theory of Professor Proc
= i, sal al, 7tt Drx
pear, to be baScless. Without telescope
" and other instruments of the astronomers
Il au elevated platform would have been {
- little service.-FrHpcjS II. Underwood, i
Is Atl0atjc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

HINTS TO LADY TRAYELERs.-When [
was school girl, about to take my first trip
alone from home. an elder brother gave
me some practical advice. so good that l
have always needed it since.
Always have enough small change at
hand te pay the porter or bus driver with
oul giving him u bill or large coin to
change; for if he las any undesirable
pieces of money he will certainly put
it on you. Besides it saves time and
trouble to have the right amount all
ready.
DO Lol carry all your surplus funds in
your pocket book, SO that any one can see
it every time you show your railroad
ticket. You may lose it.
Look after your own baggage when it
needs to be're-checked, then you will know
it is all right.
If YOU wish to know anything about
your route, ask the conductor or some other
official. The chances are that your fellow
travellers do not know any more about the
matter than you do yourself.
Garry no iewelry in sight. 1t is unsafe,
as we'll as in bad taste.
Make no acquaintances. A model trav-
elcr is civil to all, hut beyond that keeps
his or her own counsel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

Harriet Beecher has we'll said, if house
keepers would take more pains to cook
well the coarser articles of diet, people
would not care nearly so much for food
that is finer and richer. Take as simple u
dish as - hasty pudding when properly
made, is II dish ''iit for Il king" but when
half cooked or seasoned. it is fit only for
pigs or chickens. Cooking is Just us truly
a chemical process rs any result secured
in laboratory. And, as in chemistry, the
least deviation from proper proportions in
Il given compound will give a result en-
tireIy different from the one sought, SO it
is largely in cooking. May Heaven bless
the careful, conscientious cook-she is II
means of grace as well as of health for
who can praise and serve his Maker as he
should with n diseased stomach ora gorged
liver?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

TIE ADAMS FAMILY.-Charles Francis
Adams is late hour nun. He likes to-
sit up half the night, reading or writing,
rs he feels inclined He has three sons,
Charles Francis, Jr.. a well known writer
on railroad topics; John Quincy, popular
" known as "Jack Adams, and who
possesses more of the Adams look than the
other sons; Brooks Adams, II red lot dem
ocrut, who wanted Mr. Tilden sworn in at
New York, and then march on TO WASH
ing on. lie is II handsome fellow, bright,
positive and with liberal dose of what
the Springfield Republican, calls that
choeric old pepper pot, John Adams y
All the Adamse5 look aS if they enjoyed
their morning tub as keenly as did thcir
PIE, idential grandfather his winter morn
ing's plunge into The Potomac. They have
II ruddy, wcll groomed look, and all earn
their own living, u matter upon which
their father is considerably sot,' to use
the rural New England phrase. " Mill
ions to inherit, and not II cent for subsIst'
encr," is the Adams motto. 1t is Il good
stock, tn 1t of the AdlmSes, and The fourth
generation is AS keenly intellectual and as
,ull Of vigor as the tirst-Home Jouf1a"L
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

TIE Hours OF FATE.-In the period
between midnight and in the morning,
the animal vital processes are at their
lowest ebb. 1t is in these times that those
who are cnEeebled from any cause most
frequently die. Physicians often consider
these hours us critical, and iorewarn anX-
ious friends in respect to them. From time
immemorial those who have been accus-
toned to wait and attend on the sick have
noted these hours most anxiously, SO that
they have been called by one of our old
writers the hours of fate" In this space
of time the influence of the li(e.giving sun
has been longest withdrawn from man.
and the hearts that are even the strongest
beat then with subdued tone. Sleep is
heaviest and death is nearest to us all in
I" the hours of fate"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

How TIE UTEs LIvE.-The Utes live
principally on bread and meat. When
they can't get bread they live ON meat,
and when they cant get meat they live on
bread. When they have Il great quantity
of provisions ON hand they eat ii all up
before getting any more. The same is true
when they have II small quantity on hand.
They are dirty. They are even very dirty.
Their meat is generally permitted to lie
about on the ground or any place. Each
Indian family possesses any number of
dogs from eight to fifteen, and these ami
mails help themselves to the meat. After
they have satisfied themselves. and when
the Indians become hungry, they cut oil
this same piece of which the dogs feed.
They generally boil their meat, but some
times they broil it. They put it in water
and let it remain only u few minutes, Just
long enough to heat, when they take it out
and begin to eat. They use the same wa
ter and the same pail for boiling over and
over ag Tin until the water becomes per
feet slime of filth. One pot generally does
service for the entire family. This partlcu-
lar not is II frying-pan. When the Utes
get out of bed they wash their faces and
bathc the baby in it, after which they bake
the bread and boil the meat. Then they
cat ont Of the vessel, and then the dogs
lick up the leavings. They cothe them
selves with skins Of animals or with
blankets. They generally take II blanket
or a skin and cut hole in the middle of il
and throw it over their heads, cutting
arm holes and fastening the garment al
| tha ,y.ict ,ri,l, vida holt Iyhiln thnv
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

"Therem she cried, in an excited voice ;
" should like to know what's become OF
that ambrl. sot it agin the counter
when | come in, and afore could turn
round, it's gone-and it was only Monday
that l gin four and six fortm What
kind of an umbrella was it, ma'am?'
asked the polite clerk in his blandest tones.
A spick and span new gngham, young
man" was the eager response. "with an
iv'ry handle ont, and a Like the
one in your hand, ma'am, Tor instance?'
Sakes alive" she exclaimed. And one
might have thought she saw II serpent
rather than her own ''spick and span ging-
ham," with its iv'ry handle" " clutched
fast in her hand. She colored up like a
druggists window, and went off amidst
unintelligible excuses. She never felt so
tlustered in all her born days, as she told
Jemima Ann when she got home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

American clocks and watches are sold
for less than those of English and Swiss
manufacture in England and Switzerland
And yet the skilled labor in this business
is not cheaper with them than with us.
Therefore, by sheer superiority of intclli-
gence and Of perfection Of machinery, we
have been cut out by the Americans of Il
II trade in which we formerly held our
own. The same may be said of Il dozen
other trades, in which we have stood still
while the Americans have progressed -
London TrUth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

When "Thad " Stevens was Il young
lawyer in the Pennsylvania courts, he once
lost his case by what he considered u
wrong ruling of the Judge. Disguised, be
banged his law books on the table, picked
up his hat and started for the door with
some vigorous words in his mouth. The
judge, feeling that his dignity was assailed.
rose mpressvely and said: Mr.. Stevenst
Mr. Stevens stopped, turned and bowed
deferentially, Mr.. Stevens, said the Judge.
do you intend by such conduct 10 express
your contempt to this court? And Stew
ems with mock seriousness answered:
Express my contempt for this court! No
sir! was trying to conceal it, your
honor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

BOYS, REMEMBER THrs.-If you speak
the right word at the right time; if
you are careful to leave people with a
good impression; if you do not trespass
upon the rights of others; if you always
think of o.hegs us well as yourself; fyou
do not put yourself unduly forward; if you
DO not forget the courtesies which belong
to your position, you are quite sure to
accomplish much in life which Others with
equal abilities fail to do. This is where
the race is not to the swift nor the battle to
the strong. 1t is where You make people
feel that you are unselish and honorable
and ,rathful and sincere. This is what
society is looking for in men and it is
astonishing how much men are able to
win for self-respect and success and use
fulness, who possess these qualities of good
breeding. 1t is almost the turning point
of success in practical life,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

THINGS EASY AND Not EAsY.-It is the
easiest thing in the world to find fault. 1t
is easy to say the church is to blame for it,
1t is easy to say that the church would be
all right if the minister would preach and
do MS he ought. But it isn't easy TO look ON
the best side, to see that there are hundreds
of faithful preachers, thousand of honest,
sincere men and women, countless acts of
justice, charity and humanity, which
outweigh all the grumbling of all the
grunbers so that it is really only the finest
dust in the halarce. Let rs be fair and
cheerful. he world is not all wrong
Eevrybody isn't rascal. Our neighbors
are not trying to cheat us. The church is
doing good work for the world. and even
the growlers are not half as disagreeable
as they seem
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

AN INDIAN PREAoHER's GRAvE.-The
grave of an Indian apostle, st. Acpinquid,
is on high hill at York, Me He was
converted and passed fif Y years in preach-
ing TO the sixty-six Indian tribes of the
country, and died on the first of May,
1862 at tho age of ninety,four. His fun
eral WAS conducted with great pomp. and
the Indians sacrificed rs bucks. 67 does,
ermines. % buffaloes. ITO ferrets 1888 mar
tens, 240 wolves, SO wildcats, 492 foxes,
620 beavers. 900 ii.hes. 80 hears,35 moose,
50 weasels, 400 offers. 50 raccoons. 1l2
rattlesnakes. 2 catamounts. 900 musquash-
es. 60 woodchucks, L500 minks and So
porcupines. His toom bstone bears the
inscription
Present. useful; absent. wanted;
Lived, desired died. lamented,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

The Brattleboro Rcformer says that
well known lawyer of one of our promi-
nent towns, being rather perplexed over II
point of law called ut the office of a brother
attorney to consult with him upon the sub
ject. The latter drew himself up and said
with great dignity that he usually received
pay for his advice. "Then," said lawyer
number one extending fifty cents, "iell
me all you know and give me back the
change"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

ATAN OF MILLIoNs.-PitLsburgh, cele-
brated for its whisky, was, it will be re-
the theatre or very destruct-
i've riot in the summer of 1877. The loss of
life WAS large and the destruction of prop
erty amounted 10 millions. A prolonged
legal contest rs to who should pay for the
property losses involved was decided by
the supreme court on the G.h ult.. and by
this decision Allegheny county, which in
cludes the city of Pittsburgh is held to be
liable. This is II serious peccniary respon-
sibity which the taxpayers of Pittsburgh
and of Allegheny county are thus required
to assume. 1t involves, however. u senili-
cant and wholesome lesson which ought
not to be lost either upon the taxpaying
citizens of Pittsburgh or those of other 10.
caities. 1t is notrious that ioXicatinc H.
quors were the fuel which fed the flame,
OF the destructive riot. Drunken rioter.
thronged the streets, pluudering and ap.
plying the torch. BY the votes of Pitts.
burgh electors IL liquor-dealer was placed
at the head of the city government, and il
was only through the interposition of out.
side forces that order was finally restored
For every dollar of revenue which liouor
dealers have paid into the public treasury
for the privilege OF carrying on their
dangerous and infammable business. the
taxpayers must needs now pay out many
more. And who will, OF can, atone for the
fearful loss of life?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

HOME INFLUENCES. Many persons res
outely put all the pretty ornaments they
possess from sight, lock Them mp in draw
crs or closets, whereas they should put
them in the most conspicuous places in
the living rooms of the house. They have
a certain cheering and educational inllu-
ence by no means to no desDised. They
Indirectly mold character in children and
keep up cheerful aspect about home.
Beauty is refining and improving in all its
elements.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

A little fellow in Connecticut asked his
parents TO take him TO church with them.
They said lie must wait until he was older.
" Well" was his shrewd suggestion, in
response, you had better take me now;
for when get bigger l may not want to
60"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

The naliontl convention will be eompos-
ell of 75G members two for each senator
and representative ia con1ress,and two for
each territory and the district of Columbia.
There nro 76 senators and 203 representa-
tives, and 5 territories, besides the dis
trict The sonthern deleg Ges nlub4r
PIG O. ~ mbre thtn oae't'irl Of the
whole.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31

y lecturer was explaining TO a little
girl how "A lobster cast his shell when he
had oulgrown it. Said he, What do you
do when you have outgrown your clothes9
You cast them aside do you not?n 'Oh,
no." replied the little one, 1--WE let out the
tucks.'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-31
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-03-05
NOticias de Cuba.

He aquf las principales noticias
que traen los periodicos recibidos
anteayer de la grande Antilla
Sc lee ep La Voz del Guaso de Guam
tanamo del dia 10:
Ell microbes pasa1o por la manana
lego q esta Villa, por la via terrestre,
procedente de la jurisdiction de Cuba,
el Excmo Sr. Captain General de ests
isla D. Ramon Blanco, Marques de Pc
1a Plata.
La venida dc S. E. tiene por objeto,
segun homos dido. imprimir mayor mo-
vimiento las operaciones de campana.
IS. e. fue recibido con los honores de
ordenanza por la fuerza del ej6rcito y
voluntarios que habia en- la Villa, aun-
que la repentina llegada del General
apenas dio lugar para NADIA.
Del periodico anteriormente citado
Desde el domingo pasado por la tar
de esta anclada en- Playa del Este, Cal
manera, la fragata de guerra do s. M.
.4lmansd.
El Iinss desembarc6 de dicho buque
una brillante columna, que ha partido 4
operar en- combination con las fuerzas
de TERRA do esta brigada
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-03-05

Congregados en- la noche del mar.
tes los comerciantes importadores y
almacenistas de la plaza Ell la casa
Consistorial, q fin de hallar el mejol
modo de obtener recursos para los
fondos municipales, Sc acord6, des.
pues de oida la opinion de los concu-
yrentes al acto, ell cobro de los arbi.
trios sobre los artfculos de conner
beber y arder que Sc consumer Ell
esta localidad, apreciandose este con
sumo EN- la tercera parte de 10 que
Sc lmpOrte,
Tenemos, pues, que va ell Ayunta-
miento cesa ell su proyecto de lIevar
a cabo ell improcedeEte impuesto d
los dependencies que hace POGO he
mos combatido.
De mas juzgamos patentizar la
satisfaction con que hacemos merito
de este prudente acuerdo que da
fin al enclose asunto que tanto ha
preocupado la opinion pdbIica en-
estos dltimos dias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-03-05
l9LGfIB HERgABTIL Bg PVBRfD-RIsg
Jusves 4 de Mario de 1880.

Suprimimos hoy nuestro artfculo
de fondo para dar en- lugar preferen-
te cabida d la elocuente pastoral de
nuestro respectable Sr. Obispo dioce-
sano que abajo insertamos, y So
bre la cual llamamos la atencion de
nuestros lectores, pues en- ella, al par
que excita s. E. |. dos 6eles d que
cumplan con el precepto pascual.
presenta claramente la Francmaso-
nerla y ell Espiritismo como herejfas
cortrarias d la Iglesia y a la eterna
felicidad de los cristianos. A reser-
va de ocuparnos de 81 otro dia, he
aquf este importantlsimo y bien re-
dactado documento que copiamos del
ROLeyl92 Ecleeln ef;co