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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

A certain minister in an adjoining
county tells us of his little girl, that when
circus came to town she very much
wanted to go, and he tried to show her it
would not be best. When the street
parade took place. she climbed upon the
gate post to see it pass but the uniforms
Of the musicians, the gaily caparisoned
horses, etc awoke all the old desire, and
he overheard her say. "Oh dear! if l
was anybody eIse's daughter, | could go;
but as it is, I've got to be II pattern OF
piety for the whole town, | suppose" J"
Some older children confound forced
submission with voluntary reSignation.-
Essen County Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
VOL. XXXVIII.
The Name OF God In FOrty-Eight Differ
ent Languages.

ent Languages.
As Louis Burger, the well known author
and philologist was walking in the Avenue
des Champs Elysees, one day during the
exhibition in Paris in 1866, he heard
familiar voice exclaiming:
" Buy some nuts of poor man, sir
twenty for penny"
Whatw said Burger, looking up and
recognizing his old barberi "are you
selling nutsP'
All, sir. have been unfortunate" was
the reply. -,
but this is no business for man like
you said Burger.
"Oh, sir, if you could only tell me oi
something better to do, returned the bar
Der with sigh.
Burger was touched He reflected a
moment; then tearing leaf from MS
memorandum book he wrote for few
moments, and handed it to the man, say
ing:
Take this to printing office and have
copies struck off, here is the money to pay
for it. Get license from the prefecture
of police and sell them at two sous copy
and YOU will have bread on the spot. Inc
strangers who visit Paris cannot refuse
this tribute to the name OF God prln ed IN
80 many different ways"
The barber did as he was bid, and was
always seen in the entrance to the exhlbI-
tion Sc elling the following handbill;
THE NAME OF GOD IN FORTY EIGHT Lam
GUAGES.
Hebrew, Elohim or Eloah.
Chaldaic, Elah.
Assyrian, Ella.
Syriuc and Turkish, Allah.
Malay. ALA.
Arabic, Allah.
Language of the Magi. Orsi'
Old Egyptian, Teut.
Armorian, Teuti.
Modern Egyptian, Tenn.
Greek, Theos.
Cretan, Thios.
Eolian and Doric, Hos.
Latin. Deus.
Low Latin, Dick.
Celtic and old Gallic, Diu.
French, .ieu.
Spanish, Dies.
Portuguese, Deos.
Old German. Diet.
Provencal, Diou.
Low Breton, Doue.
IlaL,i'h, DO
Irish, Die.
Olala tongue, Deut.
German and Swiss, Golt.
Flemish, Coed.
Dutch, Godt.
English and old Saxon, God.
Teutonic, Goth.
D,o; n and C,rolioh (Nut
J'hlSh anu 9weo'sl' ' "uV'
Norwegian Gud'
1,eiI 1i1slI' p"on'
p' no,'sn' DoS.
oiao'' % punS
h'pP' 'np'hal;
rlhilsu' ouulaia'
nuhlc' AS
!, Iahnon'ah, :, istu.
Zemolan' ferIlzo.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Tom HUGHES ON THE BLACKs,-I am
coming to the conclusion that wherever
work is to be had. in Tennessee, at any
rate, there will the negro be found He
seems to gather to contractor like the
buzzards, which one sees over the tree-tops,
to carrion. And unless the white natives
take to quitting in all their time" what
ever work is going will not remain long
with them. The ngger will loaf and shirk
as often rs not when he gets the chance,
but he has not the same craving for knock
ing off altogether as soon as he has q
couple of dollars in his pocket; has no
strong hunting instinct, and has not ac.
quired the art of letting his pick drop
Istlessly into the ground with its own
weight, and stopping to admire the seen
cry after every half dozen strokes. The
negro is much more obedient, moreover,
and ageable,-obedient to fault, if
one can believe the many stories one hears
of his readiness TO commit small misde-
meauors and crimes. and not always small
ones, at the bidding of his employers.
There is one thing, however, which an
equally unanimous testimony agrees IN
declaring that he will not do, and that is
10 sell us Vohe, Ut oe uraSooneu lnto CIV
ing it for any one but his own choice; he
may, indeed. be scared from voting, but
he cannot be squared a singular testi.
mony, surely, of his prospective value as a
citizen. Equally strong is the evidence Of
his resolute determination to get his chill
dren educated. In some southern states
the children are, believe, kept apart, but
in the only school have had the chance
of seeing, black and white children were
together. And everywhere. hear, the
blacks are forcing the running, with re.
spect to ucatien. and great numbers o.
them are showing thrift and energy
which are likely to make them formidable
competitors in the struggle for existence
in all states south of Kentucky at any rate
Tennessee Letter TO The London Spectator
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Just before visiting the menagerie john
ny had a passage at arms with his young
aunt who assisted at his toilet, and with
whom he flew into rage. Arrived at the
menagerie, Johnny was immensely inter-
ested by strange foreign animal with
long 1.-THE body. What animal is that,
mammaP" he asked. ut is called an ant
eater, my SON" After a long silence !:
Mamma, can't we bring Aunt Mary here
some dayp"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

1t is agreat misfortune to have fretful
disposition. 1t takes the fragrance ;out of
ones life, and leaves only weeds, where a
cheerful disposition would cause flowers
to bloom. The habit of fretting is one
that grows rapidly unless it be sternly
repressed and the best way to overcome it
is to try always to look on the cheerful
side Of things.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Philadelphia has $4,000 more females
than males, fact which shows that
Massachusetts is not likely to have mon
oply of the old maids. In that state there
are only 10000 more women than men.
Some female Greeley should take up the
cry: go west, young woman, go west
but steer clear of Utah. ."-GaIpeston
NelDS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Nothing is more pleasant than to have a
mind stored with knowledge on almost
every subject, on which we can draw at
any moment, and the response is prompt
and correct. Such wealth cannot be in.
herited; it must be acquired by constant
study and reflection.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Humility is a virtue all preach. none
practice, and yet everybody is content to
hear. The master thinks it good doctrine
for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and
the clergy for the laity,
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The National tribune., 1881-09-24
THE GRAND REVIEW.
NgvER-To-BEFoReoTTEN SCENE.

BY j. {. SLATER.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
SLAVES AS CoNTRABANDS,

Mr.. Thurow Weed, in an article on the early
incidents of the Rebellion, gives General Butler
credit for first using the word "cOntraband" III
alluding to slaves. The public also has been led
to believe that General Butler displayed Origl-
nality in applying so appropriate term to the
unfortunate negroes. The credit actually belongs
to distinguished opponent to slavery, long since
deceased and to person whose anti-slavery SEN
timents were not as popular as when General
Butler became convert.
In Hildreth's History of the United States,
volume A. page 195, there is an extract from
speech made by Thomas Scott, member of the
First Congress- at its second session in 1870, In
which, speaking of the power of Congress over
slavery, he says
If these wretched Africans can be
considered property, as some gentleman would
have it, and consequently as subjects of trade and
commerce, they and their masters so far lose the
benefit of their personality, that Congress may at
pleasure declare them contraband goods, and SO
prohibit the trade altogether.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
LINCoLN,s GETTYSBURG GRAFTON,

-Four score and seven years ago our fathers
brought forth this continent new nation,
conceived in liberty and dedicated to the propo-
sitiOn that all men are created equal.
"Now are engaged in great civil war, test
ing whether that Nation, any nation so con-
ceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We
are met on a great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate a portion of that field as
a final resting place for those who here gave up
their lives that the nation might live. 1t is alto
gether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallOw, this ground
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled
here have cOnsecrated it far above our poor power
to add or detract. The world will little note nor
long remember what we say here, but it can
never forget what they did here. 1t is for us,
the living to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have thus far
so nobly advanced. 1t is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining before us
that from these hOnOred dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which they gave the
last full measure of devOtiOn-that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall not have
died in vain, that this Nation under God shall
have a new birth of freedom, and that govern
ment of the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
RICH MEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Ex-Governor Curtin in the New York Tribune,
in reply to the question (which estate will net
the most to the heirs that of Colonel Thomas A.
Scott or the estate of Asa Packer?" says;
Il think that the Packer estate is the best. 1t
is generally held to be worth 81 100000 without
exaggeratiOn. The estate of Colonel Scott is
large, but 1 think the newspapers rate it too
high. | should put it at about S5,000,000. Con-
sidering everything that is very great result
for such an active and venturesOme mind as
Colonel ScOtt's. Some of the largest fortunes in
Philadelphia have been accumulated by manu-
facturers. There is Mr. Weightman, of the firm
of drug manufacturers which mOnopOlized the
quinine. He is one of the richest men in Penn
sylvania. The estate of Gillingham Fell is very
large. DisstOn, the saw manufacturer, has made
a large amount of money. DObsOn, the carpet
manufacturer, has done great business. The
Baldwin locomotive works, as you know, are the
largest in the world. Sellers, the bOiler-maker,
is another great force with us. In Pittsburgh,
the largest fortune [ presume to be that of
William Thaw, who is at the head of the Penn
sylvania railroad lines west of Pennsylvania.
He is now director in the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. Some reckon his means at S10000O00.
HOstetter, the bitters man. is also very rich in
Pittsburgh. One of the most successful men in
our State is A. J. Cassett, president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He was boy of plain,
respectable family in Pittsburgh He entered
the railroad service near the bottom, and has
worked his way up till he is one of the great
masters of railroad Details and by his address is
considerable of public and social man, and his
sagacity has made him large fortune"
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
GRAPESHOT IN THE SEA SAND.

Several days ago, while fishing with party of
friends off Cummings Point, Major Mansfield of
the Post Office Department, found a human skel-
eton washed up on the sand. 1t is supposed to
have been the remains Of some soldier who fell
at Battery Gregg during the war, whose resting
place had been rudely disturbed by the encroach-
ing waves The skeleton was reinterred Major
Mansfield also gathered quite number of shot
and shell near the spot where the old battery
stood, a bayonet almost eaten up with rust, a
Parrott shell with the charge still in it, and an
assortment of grape and canister. terrible wit
nesses of the scenes transpiring in our historic
harbor nearly twenty years ago. 1t is said that
when the tide is low grapeshot can be gathered
in the sand at this point by the bushel.-Charles-
ton Ne,cs and Courier.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
FAMINES.

In the year 272 the Britons were compelled
to eat the bark of trees.
In 3O6 thousands of the Scots died from want
of food.
In 31O 10000 English perished from the same
cause.
In 450, if we may believe Dufresnoy, so dread
ful was the scarcity of food in Italy, that the
parents devOured their own children
In 739, in 823, and in 954, England, Wales,
and Scotland lost thousands of their inhabitants
by starvation Famine again desolated these
countries in the years 1887, 1895, 1851 and 1915
During the last visitation horses, dogs cats, and
the most lOathsome vermin were greedily de-
voured. We find at intervals of time six other
seasons of famine, reaching down as late as 1895.
A most dreadful calamity of the same nature
visited the Cape de Verdes in the year 1775, when
$1,000 persons died of starvation, and also in
1911, when some of the islands lost from one
third to one-half of their population.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
SOME QUEER DEFINITIONS.

Few persons are aware how much knowledge
is sometimes necessary to give the etymOlOgy
and definition of a word. 1t is easy to define
words, certain persons satirized by Pascal
have defined light: "A luminary movement of
luminous bodies" or as a Western judge once
defined murder to jury: Murder, gentlemen,
is when a man is murderOusly killed. 1t is the
numbering that constitutes murder in the eye
of the law. Murder, in short, is murder" We
have all smiled at JohnsOn's definition of net
work: "Network-anythi reticulated or de-
cussed at equal distances, within interstices
between the intersections"
Many of the definitions in our dictionaries
remind one of Bardolph's attempt to analyze
the term accommodation Accommodation
that is, when a man is, as they say, accOmmO-
dated; or when a man is being whereby he may
be thought to be accommodated, which is an
excellent thing" Birthstone for example, the
photographer defines by telling us that it IS
sulphur: and then rewards for the trouble
we have had in turning to sulphur, by telling
us it is birthstone.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
THE BUMMER BRIGADE.

The account of the grand review would be in
complete without some mention of the ludcreus
winding up of the last days proceedings. Fol
lowing the stalwart and disciplined legiOnaries
who had cut their way through the heart of the
enemys country from Atlanta to the sea, came
THE BUMNIER BRIGADE,
a motley crew, excelling, in picturesque appear
ance, dress, dirt and devilry, the ragged recruits
of Falstaff, and which so sorey tried the patience
of that redoubtable hero of romance. Almost
every nationality under the sun was represented.
There were Yankees from the East marching side
by side with their Western prototypes, and red
haired Englishmen walking in loving proximity
to blue-eyed men from the Shannon, who followed
in the footsteps of Frenchman, Dutchman, Span
lard, Turk or Russian. Africa predominated to
such an extent that a dark shadow was reflected
from the dusky faces and hung above the moving
column like thick cloud.
THE ANIMAL AGGREGATION.
In the way of representation on the part of the
lower orders of creation there was an aggregation
of animals rivalng in variety and numbers the
grandest combination ever conceived by Barnum,
FOrepaugh, or other ring kings of the menagerie.
There were game chickens from Georgia, mules
from Mississippi and 'possums from all along the
line of march through Dixie. Pet monkeys, pigs,
and parrots, cats, cows and crocodiles grimaced,
grunted, squealed squaled, lowed, and kicked up
the devil generally until the lookers-on found lit
tie difficulty in imagining Noah's ark had but just
discharged its heterogeneous cargo in the streets
of Washington
CONTRABANDS CAVORTED
on cadaverOus specimens of hOrseflesh, carrying
their household belongings and whatever else
they were able to get away with in bundles, bas-
kets bags, and blankets. Curly-headed pican-
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
OLDER THAN THE REPUBLIC,

Mrs Hannah Cox, who died recently at
Holderness, n. H., was the oldest person in that
State, and probably in New England. Her birth
occurred at Preston, Conn, June %, 1776. There
can be no question as to the time when she first
saw the light, for her birth is plainly recorded in
the parish register of the old Episcopal church
at Preston. Up to ninety-seytn, Mrs Cox was
unremittingly industrious at sewing or knitting,
and only ceased such work at the request of her
children. Up to the time of her death her senses,
with the exception of impaired hearing, were per-
feet She walked without d cane read type of
the long primer size without glasses, and short
time before she passed away she repeated, almost
faultlessly, the twenty-third Psalm from mem
DRY. Her exact age was 105 years months and
days, and one can gain some idea of the great
span which her life covered when it is realized
that she was born nine days before the Declara-
tion of Independence was made by the American
COlonies.-BangOr Commercial.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24

ninies peeped out from sacks alongside of turkeys,
geese, and other feathered specimens, and in fact,
the rag-tag and bobtail of the army, with the riff
raft of the section through which the closing cam
paign of the war had led them, passed in review,
evoking shouts of laughter as they moved to the
music of dinner-hOrns, tin pans braying mules,
Growing cocks and perfect storm of curious cries
and cat-calls.
THE BUMMERS WERE
a feature of each one of the Union armies, and
consisted of those who had unbounded appetites
for the good things of life, but no stomachs for
fighting; who could smell chicken or roasting
pig across twenty acre lot, but never could get
a sniff of gunpOwder; who were every read to
forage on their individual accounts, but never
were able to undergo the fatigue of drill or march
ing in the ranks; who were often under arrest,
and as often mysteriously released; who were on
good terms with some one or more officers having
seeming authority over them and whose messes
We're supplied from time to time with dainty til
bits supplied by the free fOragers, whom they
exercised sort of protectOrate; who were in fact,
reckless, brave men, worthless as soldiers, jolly
dogs, good providers, passabe cooks, full of
humor and good feeling so long as they could
have their own way.
THEY WERE USEFUL, TOO
after a fashion. Scattering in front, upon the
fanks, and in rear of the army, they rendered
surprise next to, if not quite, impossible Poking
into all sorts of Out-ofthe-way places, they gath
cred much important information, besides the
vast amount of spoils they gathered in as they
iourneyed leisurey on. But, like the stalwarts
who preceded them, the bummers at length
passed from sight to be seen never again. They
disappeared; but the memory of them will long
live in the minds of those who saw them on that
bright May day so many years ago. J.S.S
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
MY LAST CIGAR.

Twas off the Blue Canary Isles,
One glorious summer day,
/ sat upon the quarter deck
And whiff'd my cares away;
And as the volume smoke arose,
Like incense in the air,
| breathd a sigh to think, in sooth
1t was my last cigar,
l leaned upon the quarter rail,
And looked down in the sea;
E'en there the purple wreath of smoke
Was curling gracefully,
Ah! what had | at such time
To do with wasting care?
1t was my last cigar
/ watched the ashes as they came
Fast drawing to the end
/ watched it as a friend would watch
Beside dying friend;
And, as the fire crept slowly on,
1t vanished into air;
threw it from me-spare the tale
1t was my last cigar.
I've seen the land of all love
Fade in the distance dim;
I've watched above the blighted heart
Where once proud hope hath been;
But have never known woe
Which could with that compare,
When off the Blue Canary Isles
smoked my last cigar!
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
DISCOVERY OF GLASS.

The discovery of glass making was effected by
seeing the sand yitrified upon which fire had
been kinded.
Blancort says that the making of plate-glass
was suggested by the fact of workman happen
inc to break crucible filled with melted glass
The fluid ran under one of the large fagstones
with which the floor was paved. On raising the
stone to recover the glass, it was found in the form
of plate, such rs could not be produced by the
ordinary process of blowing.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
MARCHING HOME
HENRY HOWARD BRowNELL.


Under the Nations Dome,
They've guarded so well and long,
Our boys come marching home,
Two hundred thousand strong.
All in the pleasant month of May,
With war-worn colors and drums,
Still, through the livelOng summers day,
Regiment, regiment comes.
Who shall look on the like again,
Or see such host of the brave?
A mighty River of marching men
Rolls the Capital through
Rank on rank, and wave on wave,
OF bayonet- crested blue.
How the chargers neigh and champ,
{Their riders weary of camp,
With curvet and with caracOle!-
The cavalry comes with thundrous tramp,
And the cannons heavily roll.
Grandest of mortal sights
The sun-browned ranks to view
The Colors ragg'd in hundred fights
And the dusty Frocks of Blue!
And all day, mile on mile,
With cheer and waving and smile,
The war-worn legions defle
Where the nations noblest stand;
And the Great Lieutenant looks on,
With the Flower of a rescued Land
For the terrible work is done
And the Good Fight is won
For God and for Fatherland.
So, from the fields they win,
Our men are marching home,
A million are marching home!
To the cannon's laundering din,
And banners on mast and dome
And the ships come sailing in
With all their ensigns dight,
As erst for a great sea-fght
Let every color fly,
Every pennon fiaunt in pride;
Wave, Starry Flag. on high.
Float in the sunny sky,
Stream DER the stormy tide!
For every stripe of stainless hue,
And every star in the field of blue.
Ten thousand of the brave and true
Have laid them down and died.
And in all our pride to-day
We think with a tender pain,
OF those so far away
They will not come home again.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24

Man is the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-14
Where ktnnley Ia

The Philadelphia Press prints a letter
from Yuseph Fl. Reading, of the Gaboon
and Corisco Mission, dated December II,
1880, in which the following tidin gs are
given ofStanley's expedition up the Congo.
The missionary says: "Count do Braya,
an Italian explorer, arrived here yesterday
from Congo riv r. He went up the Ogowe
river rs far as he could get in canoe, thence
overland, six days journey to the Congo
down the Congo to the sea, and to here by
steamer, thus making n complete circuit.
The point at which he reached tho Congo
was five days journey inland from
Stanley Pool. Coming down the
river he met Stanley and
his party twenty.f five miles inland from q
place called Avedi. He stayed with them one
day. Stanley's party were in mountain.
GUS country, aud obliged TO travel overland,
for the country was full of rapids. Their
progress was slow. There were no provisions
to DO had where they were. The men were
eating rice and the donkeys corn and hay, all
brought out from Europe. He reports one
Of the missionaries of the English Bsp,is,
mission shot in the groin by the natives. The
count goes up the Ogowe again tomorrow to
continue his explorations. He represents the
country far up the Ogowe to be table land,
2,400 feet above the sea, comparatively free
from fever, and supporting large and
peaceful population"