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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17
Facts for the Curious,

There are from 1000 to 5000 species of
well known birds.
The minor scale was derived from the
song on the cuckoo.
The dome of the West Point. N. Y. oh.
servatory is to be made of paper. 1t will
weigh 1000 pounds.
Hiddenite is the name of new gem of
the emerald class, of a beautiful clear green
color, and is worth about the same as a
diamond. 1t has been found only in Alex
ander county, N. c.
Strychnine is the extract of plant found
principally in the tropical parts of Asia
and America. "SrychaOs nuS U0nica" is
found in different parts of India. 1t grows
in sandy soil affirming the size of a tree,
but short, crooked and sometimes twelve
feet in circumference. The fruit is of the
size OF ST. Michael's orange with bitter
astringent pulp with from three to five
seeds and poison )us. The most poisonous
species of ryct nine is climbing shrub
of Java.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

Docs IN GERMANY. dogs are valued
high in Germany. In Vienna an enter
prising man has established a bath house
exclusively for dogs, which after being
Thoroughly washed in large tubs, are placed
in cages to dry. Dogs of all sizes and
breeds and of every social position are ad
mtled and charged only with reference to
their size. No one appreciates the spirit
of the phrase "to work like dog until
he has been in Germany The Arickaree
Indians call "a horse big dog In Ger
many dog might well be called II little
horse. About half the draught power is
furnished by dogs and women; and they
are frequently hitched up together. 1t is
not uncommon to see a dog drag twelve
hundred weight. have seen man and a
woman get into cart drawn by two large
mastiffs, and then drive down the street at
rate of which IA Jehu might have been
proud Sixteen dollars will purchase q
dog for this purpose--a trifling sum con.
sidering bis usefulness A dog team has
one advantage overa horse team-it guards
the property rs well as drags il. In win
tel they are often allowed when resting oil
waiting to jump into the cart and cuddlt
down in the straw. In Vienna there is an
immense hospital and veterinary college
where horses, dogs and cats, and all quad
rupeds are received. Farriers or boss
blacksmiths are required to spend siA
months at this institution and to receive +
certificate oil graduation before setting up in
business for themselves. In this, as In al
other matters, the Germans believe il
thoroughness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17
A WoMAN's WIT.-The part of Tennes-

A WoMAN's WIr.-The part of Tennes-
see through which | have been knocking
about is full of "reminiscences of the war,
but there is none of the bitterness left. In
war time the people were generally divid.
ed in their sentiments, and no man could
tell t'other from which. This remark re-
minds me of a story I heard yesterday.
about an estmable woman Of seventy odd,
who died two or three years ago, here on
the mountains. One day, during the war,
when the country was fairly alive with
guerrillas. she had occasion to take some
valuable goods with her on trip she was
making, and put them on her horse back
of her. When she had gone some distance
in the woods she heard squad Of guerril-
las approaching, and knowing her goods
would not be safe for moment, she
straddled her horse man fashion, and
throwing her long skirt over the package
behind her, completely concealed it. When
the guerrillas rode up she was unable to
guess whether they belonged to the north
or to the south-their uniforms being no So
luton whatever. She determined, if ques-
toned, TO play bluff game with them,
and she soon had chance to exercise her
wit. "Hello!" called one of the guerrilas
"Hellor she returned. "What side are
you on" he challenged. She laughed a
good laugh at him us she replied, kicking
out her feet "On both sides of course !;
don't you seeP" This brought roar from
the whole squad, and they began to banter
her in her own fashion. (Which side is
your old man on,' asked one of them.
He's on neither sde," she laughed, "he's
on his back, and has been there for ten
years" Such wit saved her, and she pass
ed on unmolested.-Cincinnati CONNER
cal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

DOES EDUCATION WEAKEN THE Mem
oRYP-It has been observed that the mem
ory of iliterate persons is stronger than
that of the well educated. Undoubtedly
those who cannot read often display sin
gular accuracy in remembering, not only
the events and places and persons on
which it is natural their whole attention
should be centered, but also such matters
as addresses, names, figures, dates, which
other people usually find it needful to re-
cord in written memoranda We have
known an instance, in which servant
which could not read or write, became a
very directory and annual register for u
whole household, and was safely referred
to for any matter, even after the lapse OF
years, which had passed under her knowl-
edge. On the other hand, it has been our
o n lot. in early student day. to be
obliged to keep written notes o! every
domestic or social engagement lest they
should escape our recollection in II week
at verv time when the words and pages
of the books we perused were securely
committed to memory for years. The
two classes Of impression, those derived
from actual life, and those derived from
books, very obviously infringe differently
on the memory, and eventually disturb
one another. .-Framcis P0Der Cobbe
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

knowledge is more precious than gold.
There is hardly anything that people will
not part with for money, but we never
be deprived of his knowledge and become
ignorant for any price. This shows the
superlative value which all persons put
upon the knowledge which they have in
their possession. knowledge is a treasure
at once priceless and imperishable. Strive
to be rich in knowledge. A man gets
more than the value of whatever he gives
in exchange for learning.
REMOVE THE DEAD LIMBs.-Says the
Gardner's Monthly: "Our readers must
remember that only recently has it been
clearly demonstrated that dead branch
on tree makes almost as great strain
on the main plant for moisture rs does
living one. 1t is one of the most import
ant discoveries of modern botanical science
to the practical horticulturist, as by this
knowledge he can save many valuable
tree. When one has been transplanted
some roots get injured, and the supply of
moisture in the best cases is more or less
deficient. Any dead branch, or any weak
one, should therefore be at once cut away.
TRAINING THE MEMoRY.-Your men,
orv is bad, perhaps, but there are two
ways of curing the worst memory. One
of them is to read subject when inter-
ested: the other is to not only read hut
think. When YOU have read paragraph
or a page, stop, close the book, and try 10
remember the ideas on the page and not
only call them vaguely to mind, but nut
them in words and speak them out,
Faithfully follow these two rules, and YOU
have the golden KEYS of knowledge. Be.
sides inattentive reading there are other
things injurious to the memory. One is
the habit of skmming over newspapers
items of news, smart remarks, items of
information, political reflections. fashion
notes, so that all Is confused tumble,
never to he thought of again, thus diligent
ly cutivating a habit of careless reading
hard to break. Another is the reading of
trashy novels.
MoTH WoRMs.-We are continuously
in receipt of letters asking about the moth
worm. What can do TO rid my hives OF
the wormsp The worms killed one
swarm for me, etc., etc. 1t seems i'm
possible to convince many of our readers
that the loss which they attribute to the
worms, is the effect and not the cause.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17
Gen. Garfleld's MaximS.

At this hour the eloquent and impressive
sentiments of Gen. Garfield gathered from
his many public speeches, will be read and
remembered. They speak the nobility of
character of the man, and his motives and
ambitions. Mr.. Smalley says: There is
probably no living political orator whose
efforts before large audiences are so effect
ual.
Mr.. Thayer. in his book, From the Log
Cabin to the White House." makes col.
lection of many of these terse, eloquent
and instructive sentences.
In an address upon one occasion Gen.
Garfield said:
Il feel profounder reverence for boy
than man. never met a ragged boy On
the street without feeling that owed him
n salute, for | know not what possibilities
may be buttoned up under his shabby
coat"
"The privilege of being young man is
a great privilege, and the privilege of
growing up to be an independent man in
middle life is greater"
"Whatever you win in life you must
conquer by your own efforts, and then il is
yours, part of yourself"
Growth is better than permanence, and
permanent q owth is better than all "
"if there be one thing upon this earth
that mankind love and admire better than
another it is brave man, "a man who dares
to look the devil in the face and tell him
he is a devil"
1.-The student should study himself, his
relation to society, to nature and to art,
and above all, in all, and through all these,
hn 81, ,,1t thn # n
society, nature and art to God, the author
of them all. ;"
"Great ideas travel slowly, and for II
time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet
were shod with WOOL"
"Idcas are the great warriors of the
world, and war that has no ideas behind
it is simply brutality"
Il would rather be defeated than make
capital of my religion"
"After all, territory is but the body of II
nation. The people who inhabit its hills
and its valleys are its soul, its spirit, its
life"
"For the noblest man that lives there
still remains conflict
"Come down the glorious steps of our
banner. Every great record we have
made has been vindicated with our blood
and with our truth, 1t sweeps the ground
and it touches the stars"
at was not one man who killed Abraham
Lincoln; it was the embodied spirit of
treason and slavery, inspired with fearful
and dispairing hate, that struck him down
in the moment of the nations supreme
joy"
when 100000 brave spirits passed from
the field of honor through that thin veil to
the presence of God, when at last its part
ing folds admitted the martyr president to
the company of dead heroes of the republic,
the nation stood so near the veil that the
whispers of God were heard by the child
rem of men,"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

A BLANK Book AND A PENCIL.-Al.
ways have both in your pocket that you
may copy anything you find in II book or
paper which you like, or put any thought
which comes to you. Thoughts are valu-
able and ought to be saved like gold.
Emerson always carries little book In
which he notes down anything he wi hes
to remember. Pope used to stop in the
midst of his conversation with friends and
put down Il thought. Mrs. Harriet Beech
er Stowe, when you are making a call
upon her, will ask to be excused for a
moment, and take her little book from her
workable and put down something you
may be telling her, Joseph Cook always
carried little books for this purpose
Your reading or observations will do little
good unless YOU remember, and this you
can not do if you let your mind become a
sieve so that all you read or see or hear
SITS through 1t and is lost. Keep scrap
ook also. Put in choice sayings, brief
poems, anecdotes perhaps, stories, things
about history or famous people, etc. We
know some children who come together
every week and compare their scrap.
books This is more useful than gather.
ing stamps.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

Kate Shelly, q girl of Is, living near
Mingona. Ia, is the stuff from which
Grace Darlings are made. The other
night, during u furious storm, she saw an
engine disappear through trestle bridge.
Her own father had been killed in rail.
road accident, and, with the hope of saving
others from his fate she fastened to the
wreck. Far down in the darkness she
heard the voice OF the engineer, who had
been caught IN n tree top. She could do
nothing ior him, however, and before long
the express train would be due To rescue
those in the first disaster and to prevent
the second she had to 60 to the village a
mile away. passing over IN uncovered
railroad bridge 400 feet long on her hands
and knees and clinging to the ties for dear
life us the hurricane threateded to sweep
her into the flood below. With knees and
hands bleeding she accomplished the task,
however, and then tainted. The telegraph
stopped the express and help sent from the
village saved the lives of two men who
broke through the trestie.
An old, experienced farmer says that
hickory cut in July or August will not
nut, or other timber cut from the middle
of July to the last of August, will last
twice rs long as when cut in winter
White oak cut Mt this season, if kept of
the ground, will season through if two feet
in diameter, and remain prefectly sound
| for MANY years. Whereas if cut in winter
or spring it will become sap rotten in a
few years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17
Vfmptranff.

IHAvE DRANK MYLAsT GLASS.
My darling child saved me Her faith and her love
Are akin to my dear santed mothers above!
l will make her words true, OF die in the race.
And sober III 20 to my last resting place
And she shall kneel there and weeping thank God
No drnnkard lies under the daisy strewn sod
Not drop more of poison my lips shall e'er pass;
For I've drank my last glass boys.
have drank my last glass-SeLected
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17

GREENHOUSE AND WINDOW PLANTS
If the greenhouse needs painting or any
repairs, it should be done well before the
time for taking in he plants. A supply
of pots. labels. potting material, etc -,
should be provided before the busy days of
autumn have come. The propagation of
many plants may be going on. Fumigate
if necessary.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-08-17
TERMS For ADVERTISING

Eot one square OF y lines less Of Agate type one
lhssrton sLu0; for each subsequent insertion 5 cts
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9dter rtisement = will be continued until ordered out
using by the year
Probate and Commissioners Notices, saOO.
far Notices Of Liberation, Estrays, the Formation
dissolution Of CO-partnerships, etc IS each for
company the letter.
Nouces In news columns 10 cents per line each inse +.
uoh' but no charges made Of less than 81 cents
Notices Of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis but
ekten1ed pltuary Notices OF Poetry will be charged at
the rate of cents per line.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Changed his Mind.

A man had curious race for life near
Meriden, Conn. He swallowed large
dose of morphine, intending suicide, but
quickly changed his mind, and started
for the nearest physician, who was two
miles away. He felt the dangerous
drowsiness stealing over him, and ran
with all his might. The exercise kept
him awake, but his mouth became
parched, his eyes filmy, and his strength
less. He stopped to pray, but an instant
of delay warned him that unless he
depended on miraculous help, there was
no time to be lost on his knees. He at
length stumbled into the DOCTORS office,
and fell senseless to the floor, but was
saved by energetic treatment.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
OFFICIAL VOTE OF PERRY COUNTY.

The result of the election is surprise
to both parties. No election ever was
held in this county at which so much
scratching and trading was done, as will
be seen in the tables below.
The Democrats elect the President
Judge, the Register, two Commissioners,
Director of the Poor and one Auditor.
The Republicans elect the County
Treasurer, District Attorney, one Com
missioner and two Auditors.
The vote on State ticket, as compared
with vote of 1880, shows falling off of
nearly thousand votes. The Republi-
cans having a decrease of 6l3, and the
Democrats decrease of ASS, while the
amount to be added for the Wolfe vote
is only 107.
VOTE OF PRESIDENT IN 1880 AND STATE
TREASURER, 1881.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Life in New York.

Three small children were huddled
together last night on some bedding,
which, with other household goods, was
strewn upon the sidewalk in front of 2Sl
Mulberry street. They were children of
Mrs. Reilly, whose husband Pat rick
went away month ago and has not re-
turned. Mrs. Reilly had no money to
pay her rent, and her furniture was put
out of the house on Wednesday. Her
son, % years old, who is sick with con-
sumption, was taken into the rooms Of
a neighbor, but the mother and other
children spent the night on the side
walk. Yesterday Mrs. Reilly got money
enough to buy her children some bread,
but she told them that they would have
to spend the night in the street. A big
white dog that has shared their poverty
since Reilly disappeared, watched over
the homeless children while they slept.
~ y. Sun.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
The Star Route Frauds.

WASHINGTON, November 10.-In the
criminal court this morning Judge Cox
rendered decision in the Star Route
cases, discussing principally the question
as to the infamy of the crime charged
The conclusion arrived at was that the
crime was infamous, and that the accus-
ed should have been proceeded against
by indictment. He therefore, sustained
the motion expelling the information
from the files of the court, and ordered
the discharge of the defendants. The
case will now be brought before the
grand Jury.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
A Very Mean Girl.

Ella Weather cared nothing for any of
the young men of Lawrenceville, ILL.,,
but for deviltry made several believe she
was in love with them. One of her
latest tricks was to invite Albert Micho.
lis and John Tenehan to call on the same
evening, telling each that the other was
particularly odious to her, and amusing
herself with the quarrel which she felt
sure would arise. The result was more
serious than words. The rivals had a
fierce encounter, and Tenehan was killed.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
THE TIMES NEW BLooMFlELD, Pa NOVEMBER l5 1881

fourths democratic aud the entire dem
Ocratic State ticket by probably 10000
majority.
NEBRASKA
Is Republican by u majority Of nearly
20 600.
CONNECTICUT
Elects legislature that will stand, SEN
ate, Dem. 0, Rep. II House, 140 Rep,
0S Dem, Greenbacker.
NEW JERSEY.
Elects legislature that is Republican,
but by reduced majority.
MARYLAND
Shows some Republican gains. The
next legislature will be, Senate, 16 dem.
ocrats, and 10 republicans; gain of five
Senators for the Republicans House,
80 Dem, 80 Rep.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGroN. ID. g. Nov. /

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. IL, 1881.
Within few days the preliminary skirmlsh
for the speakership of the House of Representa-
tiyes will begin. A week hence Members Will
begin to arrive to settle themselves for the
winter, and the candidates will have their
headquarters open for business. There is
scarcely doubt that the Republicans will con-
troll the organization. They have majority
of one over all, according to the latest figures,
counting the vacancies filed by the election
just held. Yet there are contingencies which
may render the situation doubtful enough to
be interesting. If the GreenbaeS Members
fnd that by shrewd management they can con-
troll the balance Of power, 1t is not Improbable
that they will act uuitedly though four of the
nine have pretty strong Republican antecedenis.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
THE ELECTIONS.

The result of the elections in the vari-
GUS States on Tuesday last is, as near as
can be told without the official returns,
about as follows:
PENNSYLVANIA.
Baily, the Republican candidate for
State Treasurer is elected by about $500
majority. The Wolfe vote in the State
was about 600.
NEW YORK
Shows pretty nearly drawn battle
Each party elects portion of the State
State ticket, while the Democrats proba-
bly, have the majority in the legislature.
The Republicans also lose one member
of Congress.
MASSACHUSETTS
Elects the whole Republican ticket with
an increased majority.
VIRGINIA.
Indications in Virginia are that the
Malone party have elected their candi-
date for Governor, and have also carried
the legislature by good working ma
jority.
Is so close that both parties claim the
election, but the probabilities are that
the Republicans have carried the State
by small majority.
MISSISSIPPI
Has elected legislature that is three.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Music Hath Charms, ect.

One of the great manufacturing interests
of Boston, is the Emerson Piano Company,
whose pianos are used with high apprecia-
tion and satisfaction throughout the world.
In recent conversation with Mr.. Joseph
Gramer, one of the proprietors, that gen.
tleman remarked: l have used that splen-
did remedy, st. Jacobs Oil, in my family,
and found it so very beneficial that 1 will
never be without it. 1t has cured me of
severe case of rheumatism, after other rem
edies had failed. st. Louis Western
WatcIiman.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
New York Death Traps.

Two tenement houses In New York.
city fell at an early hour on Wednesday
morning last, burying the occupants in
the ruins. The fire alarm was sounded
which brought firemen to the rescue,
and they succeeded in digging out quite
number, some unhurt and others badly
injured. Nine dead bodies have already
been found. The cause of the disaster
was weak foundation.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15

James NJ. Wilson, Prohlbitory Candidate for
State Treasurer, had 4 votes in Bloomfield, 9
in Carroll, in Centre, in Greenwood, 8 in
Landisburg, In Liverpool b., 9 in Newport,
In Oliver, In saville, and l in Watts-total
40 votes
X. W. Jackson, Greenback candidate, had
no vote In the county.
MAJoRITEs-Noble's (D) majority Is Bar
sheafIer, II. so Barner b. II; Black, D., 22 !;
Bisteline, D., "a Sheibley, D., Cree, r., and
Flickinger, R., Auditors elected.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Singular Accident.

On Sunday week young daughter of
Capt H.Chapman, Cape Cod, Mass, in
endeavoring to pull out bureau drawer,
shook it so hard as to cause the mirror,
which was on the top of the bureau, to
fall, striking her in such way as to al
most sever the nose from her face.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15
Escape Of a Murdarar.

LITTLE Rock, November 7.--NIartin
Goldworthy, In jail at Paris, Logan
county, for murder, escaped yesterday,
by leaving his mother in his cell and
wearing portion of her clothing to dis
gulse him rs he passed out
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15

rB- New YORK, November 10.-The
elevator in the Belvidere hotel fell this
afternoon from the Fifth story to the
basement, the hoisting rope having CIV
en- way. Six persons who were in the
car, were all more or less injured. John
Mercer, a porter, will probably die.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15

On Monday last the manager of the
the Philadelphia Press received infor-
nation that the compositors of that office
intended to strike on election night,
unless promised certain things. The
editor forestalled the matter by putting
on an entire new force and discharging
all the old hands.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-15

Wire Cloth for Fly and Mosquito net
tings, also, heavy Wire Cloth for win--
dow guards, for sale at MORTINER's.
Some JObs.-We have a few special
bargains which we will mention. A lot
of TUMBLERs, AZ cents per dozen. A.
ot of Jelly Glasses, 80 cents per dozen.