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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

TREATMENT OF WINDOW PLANTS i
find so many ladies have attempted to
bloom plants in winter and failed, that if
you will permit me will give few hints
TO those Interested. First, then. the great
est cause ot failure is trying to grow them
in too warm Il room; next keeping them
in too large pots and over feeding them.
Ladies having no greenhouses should only
grow those plants most hardy, such as ger
anums. roses feverfew, sweet alvssum,
mignonette, and the blue browalia, all
beautiful, bright and constant boomers.
take my geraniums up in September
am careful not to break the roots; shake
all the soil off, cut them down to within
six inches of the root, put them in as small
pot as the roots will allow-say three or
four inch pots My soil is turf mold. sand
and little wel-decayed manure. Fever.
fews do not need cutting, except to take
out the old flower stalk. Sweet alyssum,
If it has been growing all Summer, must
be cut back Leave them out doors as long
as the weather will admit, then place them
in cool room. If you have an old table
you do not care for, nail four-nch board
around it to form sink, and fill ii with
sand TO set your pots in; it will keep the
roots from drying, save watering them, and
keep the water from dripping on the floor
when you water them.
If you have a south window it is Just the
thing; mine face the east. kept them in
an upper hall window until had green
house. and had them look splendidly al
Winter. The hall is in the centre of the
house, and of course quite protected; but
they had no fire. By keeping the plants
have named cool, but not allowing then,
to freeze. they will do well (such has beer
by experience, and they are easily cared
for.-E8.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

M
lne lollowlng objections to ensiIage
were lle lnSue oy I iarris Lewis OF New YORK
IN recent auuresS before dalrymeH s
5ssoc'a'ion i''o,'i m IN oanada ln It's value must
Iepenu oli one tnIh9 us preservation
II Plese'Nel properly " VIII oe anVan'
Vhgeo9s: anu WIN 20 away win 'he nec's
s'ty VI ieeu,ng rools curing nj winter In con
nec''ou "''h ury lood' ne leehing OF Il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

SOME Poor CHILDREN We owe more
to poor children than we think. Colum
bus was poor boy, often needing more
food than he could get. Luther sang bal
lads in the street to get funds for an edu
cation Franklin used to buy roll for a
penny ana eat it alone. Lincoln and G IL
field were poorly clothed and worked very
hard. DR.. Livingston learned Latin from
a b, Ok on his loom while at work Emily
G Judson used to rise at two in the morn
ing and 10 the washing for the family
Gtmbetta was poor and slept in An attic
Lucy Larcom was factory girl De-
, Holland was poor and school teacher.
Capt Eads was barefoot and penniless AZ
nine years old. None of these people have
been idle or whiled away their tine on
street corners. or in games of cards or hill.
liards. They were too ousy Youth 5
| Compnni0n.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07
why Was Prohibition lost In North
Cardinal

WHY WIS BTD0lUllibH 'OSI III NOTIH
Carolina!
Last autumn. a petition askin, for pro-
hibition. signed bv twu hundred thousand
persons, was presen ed 10 the legislature
Of North Carolina. In obedience to this
request prohihitorv law was adopted bv
A vote Of ono hundred and four to seven.
cen OF the democrats. eighty. three
voted for it and ten against 1t; while
twenty one republicans voted for It and
snven against. Nineteen democrats and
thirty republicans did not vote at all. By
Influence Of tho Ii luor men clause was
added to the bill requiring its ratification
Nv majority of the voters. at a special
ballot 10 be cast August 4th.
In Nav last the greatest temperance
convention ever known in North Carolina
Gas held in Releigh. For the first time
IN the history of the state there was no
" color line " For the frat time masters
and slaves claspad hands "a citizens.
pledging themselves to vote down the
grog shops The democratic governor.
Jarvis. came boldly to the front and
declared himself in favor of prohibition
on the ground that he felt sure the people
If the state were in earnest to secnre the
new law. Everything was going pros
perously when the republican state com.
mittee-whose chairman is collector Of
internal revenne-issued circular
taking at the session of the National Cath
ollie total abstinence union hold at Boston
August 1,-the following resolution:
Resolved. That we view with inst pleas
nre the rapid progress of the cause among
the ladies Of the land and the number of
ladies already stated show that they are
alive to its benefit, and ia hqrbinoor of
bright prospects for the rising generation,
for good mothers will bring up good chill.
iren.
Strong ground against the prohibitory
law az subversive to the liberties of the
people" was taken the statement being
industriousiv spread through the state, for
the liquor men have to use printers ink
and have unlimited financial resources. II
was easy to forecast the action Of the
seventy thousand colored voters who con-
stitute the majority and to whom the name
republican is synonym Jua with liberty
Defeat was inevitable and has proved
overwhelming.
Two corOllprias will be drawn bv
Thoughtful Temperance peonle from this
new STYLE Of "Bnll RIM First. the
party Of great moral ideas is rapidly out
living its usefulness, and "rep' bids fair
tn stand for reprobNte, Second the vote
of women is essential IN the snccess Of
prohibition. and NAV God and all good
mon speed the dav of their enfranchse-
ment
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07
BURNED OUT.


he are the ashes,azent you can ure on 'e
Just now much in your opinion, there should be comm
to me:
MOI mat Tn anxious, greedy; but man you know
must live
An money will furnish mortal what the world will
hardly give.
The house know, was an old one, youn remember
the day guess,
When you put on that insurance for some 1--WE huu-
dred, or less.
Little thought that moruiu' that the end Of If al
would be-
Aheap o smoldsring ruins an no survivor but me.
But such the troubles Of life on this terrestrial
oal'
An those who live the longest will wtnee. the mos,
ofall.
Wherever sunbeam en- ters, o e may know withou,
doubt,
That sooner or later shadow will drive that sun.
beam out
What caused the fire? I can't tell. ir know son,st
in the night
woke completely bewildered an in a terrible fright
Awoke an shouted to Mary; but Mary could not be
An there was the room a-blazn' above an all around
How war saved is hard tellin'; first thing knew
was here
'~r''ASH' VI SAothiA au hEeulOllu Will
tu'ard fear
Doubtin au' fearin an hopin; an wonderin' if she
there
Inside o. that burnin' furnace or safely outside or
where.
Round an round the buildin' I went runnin' al
shoutn' her name;
But the fire that hissed an cracked was the only an
swer that came;
Round an round the buildin' which was burnin' Oh
every side,
run till sort o dispairin' sot me rizht down an
cried.
I've witnessed roush scenes in my life, yes without
tryin' to boast
I've faced dozen battles an wrecked of the Norway
coast;
But Of all the scenes I've witnessed which my memory
can trace,
The scene of that burnin budn was the hardest on,
to face.
But I've outived it somehow; yes I've outyed it ik,
the rest.
Yet with eelin' o goneness inside of my shattered
breast;
outliyed somehow other; but fesin' much oldel
to-day,
Than when Iknelt last eveniu' with her by the bee
to pray.
Prayed Yes sir; prayed together Dyer know love
to declare,
That the very last words she uttered war words sht
uttered in prayer?
There's somethin' in that consoin; somethin thai
cheers me although
feel that her ashes lie there-down in the cellai
below.
My children? Died years ago, sir I'm an old mar
left alone
It's hard to utter thlt sentence thout feeln SORT
moan
Wellin up out o. the bosom, an tear into the eye
An sort of in'ard louzn to lay right down an die
Aloue-a alone. Just think of it. Alone in thi
world. with none
To love you, miss you, or how quick you ar,
gone.
Alone without q relation. friend-or any to love
Only waitin an waitlu an waitin for death to cal
you uabove.
well-talkin' wont end the matter, or blot out tn
scene of to-day,
So you add up the figures an what there is
Little tits I'm thiukin; but the little that may b,
due.
BY the way feel this mornin' will easily carry M
through
An what there may be left sir, after ayin' her dus
The shade of that distant pine tree, place chosel
years ago:
VIII sort OF pay, may be, wheu my life has ebbed it
tide
For pacin' my body yonder in grave dug close b!
her side.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

rustic ORNAMENTAL FERN CASE. Take
common dry goods box, one foot deep,
three long and eighteen wide (or about
these proportions.) Make the outside
-uuo,h. and stain with a decoration OF
burnt gmbcr in scalding vinegar; when
dry, nib al refuse powder and varnish with
aopl. Place upon one end four feet,
m uI" of gnarled branches with bark re-
mogrt), and stand the hox upright, with
iba open part out. Ornament the sides
wu plrk, fungi and gnarled root or
branches. Then about one-third the dis
.lnrr from the bottom, fasten wooden
hrrhct shelves. placing one al each side.
,Iun.e may be made merely Of triangular
ur,.rs. with shelf fitting across the sides
ol the box. and ornamented with rustic
wnrA.) Upon these place boxes filled with
nice soil, IN which plant German and Eng
I,n ivies or other vines. Inside the box
t,r lun or box eight inches deep, which
Il with earth, on which arrange pretty
grunu. built OF messy stones. with ferns
aud rrcrpers IN the spaces. This forms a
tasteful stand in few weeks. On the top
place IL box filled with soil suitable loI
tpW> Make little castle of sections oil
ci4u boxes cut in proper shape aud fas,
,en.d together with small "bradtacks;'
cover with cement and sand heavily
Make mtDe piece of rock work, with
uo' vessel ii ied with water in the bottom
aud bc weeu the rocks place the old ruin
In position. and plant the pan and among
ih" rocks with ferns, partridge vlne' etc
When ine old castle becomes OverSrown
with greenness, and the margin oil TN
immature lake has fringe OF moss an'
ferns. he effect will be charming. Covel
with nome made grass shade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

ABOUT WALKING.-No two of us walk
alike. The hinges of our gait turn the
same way, but with different results.
The baby strikes out a t0ddle because it
hasen't strength enough to walk but it has
the underlying principles of natural
walk, because il toes in" Toeing out"
is military artfice invented for the pur.
pose oil showing how much more man
knew than the Lord did.
The hippity, hoppity, skip and jump is
peculiarly the little girls gait. Uneasy
and restless, the hutter- budget seems de-
termined to wear the sole of her shoe and
the soul of her mother out at the same
time; bat she is the prettiest picture of an
imation humanity can show.
The dead run, all out Of breath, is the
small boys gait. You can set down the
boy who SO far forgets himself rs to walk
as already in his dotage.
The bound-to have it gait is rapid.
straight forward stride, never turning to
the right or left. The man who has it
knocks over children, btrks his shins
against market baskets. and stubs his toe
against everything on the walk But he
gets there, and his coat-tail arrives about
two minutes later.
There is the slow, measured gait, tread,
tread all day long. The man who carries
the hod has this popularity down fine. He
would run to lirr ia the same step and
get there-pOssibly.
The long loap, thirty four inches to the
step, with sag to the knee. joint, a vigo-
rous swing of the arms, is that of a Young
man from ruraldom He gets the walk
from uOlno over the rOnoh urOun1 and
anybody that gets the hest of him has gol
rough ground TO 90 over.
The quick, sharp and spiteful gait with
the little metallic heels ringing on the pave
ment, is the gait OF the smart young miss
with bright eyes and lots OF vivaciry. The
young man who intends to keep company
with her for life must make up his mind tC
train TO her step. She will never train tC
his
The every. day business gait Coin!
right along with your feet. and YOU
thoughts in the office, store, or whatevrl
il is You never Know how far the walk
nor how long it takes you to cover it. |
is an indefinite, and frequently the only
aid to good digestion.
The take-it-easy, dOn't.care-a cent sOr
of gait, with cane twrling over hi
finger, Is a typical man of the world HI
leads life of leisure, and wouldn't hurr,
himself. AS a consequence he grows fat
rheumatic and gouty, and in later year
walks with two canes and tremulous li,ubs
1t doesn't pay to bunch your pleasure.
, The slow gait. For particulars send
small boy on an errand.-Ihe NeW Haze
Register.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

POWER OF APPETITE Once under the
power of this awful thirst the man is
bound to oo on: and If the fOaminr glass
were on the other side of per1ition. he
would wade through the fires of hell to get
il. Young man in prison had such a
strong thirst for intoxicating liquors that
he cnt hi hand off ~ the wrist called for
bowl of brandy in order 70 stop the
bleeding. thrust his wrist into the bowl
and then drank the contents
Stand NOT when the thirst il on him,
between man md his rnps Clear the
track for him. Away with the children !;
he wnnd tread their life ont. AWAY with
the wife; he would dash her To death.
| Awav with the cross: he would run It
down. AWAY with the Bible; he wonld
tear it un for the winds. Awav with
heaven; he considers Il worthless "a a
straw Give me the drink, Give it to
me- Though hands Of blood pass M the
cup. and the soul tremb'es over the nit
the drink give il to mo. Though II he
pale with tears; though tho froth Of ever
lasting anoniSh float on the foam give il
to me, drink to my wifp's woe: to nv
childrpns rags; to nv eternal bPnishment
| from God and hope and heaven Give il
TO me, the drink"-T De Wit Tain tqc,
National Temperance Society.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

It sometimes happens that two friends will meet
And with smile aud touch OF hauas, again
Go on their way along the noisy street;
Each Is so sure of all the friendship sweet.
The loving silence gives no thought Of rain.
And 50 think. those friends whom We cal. dad
Are with rs. II may be some quiet hour
Or time If 6usr work Or hand or head
Their love nils all the heart that mi sed them So:
They bring sweet assurance 1f the life
Serene, above the wlrcy that We know;
And We grow hrlver for the comfort brought.
Why shnud W. mburn because they do not speak
Our words that lie 50 Tar below their thoughts?
SARAH o. JEwEIr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

TEACHING BOYS BUSINESS HABITS. -
Let no child expect pay for anything done
at home. He has the shelter and comfort
of the paternal roof in health ana sickness !;
he shares in all the luxuries of that home
in either event. and the love of parents,
the walchfulness of mother eyes, merit all
that he can do. If the matter Of dollars
and cents is to come into the family, he
will certainly be in arrears. But how
shall the boy learn business habits? Give
him an allowance of his own, large or
small, according to the length of the family
purse; advise him In the matter of spend,
ing it, teach him to keep within his means
and avoid debts; consult him in the selec
ton of articles for his own use; allow him
to learn the weakness of his own judgment
by experience in small matters. Let him
have small ventures of his own, but, as
you value what is amiable and obliging to
your boy, do not let him take pay for every
favor granted guest or a friend. Best Of
ali. make mm one in the family councils
so fast as his mind can take them in; let
him know the family cares and struggles,
the family resources and profits; so will he
become manly, unselfish and self-reliant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07
Temperance.

PRAY on. Cod ws'cuaz B1r b@1nnful lana
From d,wuins till 80 ~ rho sun:
he knows there Is mower ia v7nan's uray4rz
Tnsreis strength for ne 0H aud help for her cares
And fttioa - be won!
Mp aa f'r he hears and tha Temperance cali
In clarion tones i- bearf.
rhr11yh hamlet and .ifv, r'a- valley and huI
The 'h-ll- rll's -'hoains s'iN.
And naIol's heart "a stirred
Wait 0H FOR the ylarfous blessing at last
Is yivAn n them that endure
For them wh' natiantiv run tr@ rsr-,
Aui bear the burdens with hrlvezt f4-e,
The promises sure
". ,riV hIb9r or Nav The sasua kind hand
Sti sutin rs alnns 71-wsv:
And grant that a'uoor 'ha srlttera leaves
We NAV CLEAN measure ~ golden sheavas
A an earnest Of harvest 1av,
Mrs. Ofirs Scj't BsauiHgiGq "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

PATRIOTIC MAIL CARRIER -Dna of
the post office agents who was making q
trip through the northern part of the lower
peninsula this summer came across II mail
route through the woods from one hamle
TO another. with weekly average OF two
letters an one paper in the bays. Tn
carrier wore coon skin cap and rode "A
pony about as fat As Il case knife, and he
took things SO easy hat the agent saw ii,
to question him "a Ii tie.
my man do you realize that you re.
present the United Stttes?'
Wall kinder reckon
"Anh you feel the responsibility,
presumed
Bet your goggles dew"
"You know you must brave all pori-
to get your mail safely through"
That tnar' boss an me ar good fur
anything twice our size, reckon"
"If attacked by robbers, what would
you do?"
Bury EN-"
Suppose you were offered money tc
give up the mail bag?'
No danger o that mister. don't be
lieve the hull county could scrape up u
cents "
There are awful fires in the wood
sometimes"
"K'rect. I've seen bars roasted aliv,
when they wasn't within a mile of tn,
| flames"
Well, now, if you were to find your
self surrounded by fierce forest fire wha
would you do?"
Fire all around?n
Yes"
No chance to barrow under or fl,
overP'
! Mo-
Wall, mister it would be kinder tuf
but I'd remember that | represent til
government. Td kill my hoss. eat tn
meat, and die shouting. We have met tn
inemY, and he is our'n. '"-Detrou Ere
Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

THE FOURTEEN WoNDE sOF THEWORLD.
The seven wonders of the world, in an
cient times, we're the pyramids OF Egypt,
the Pharos of Alexandria, the walls and
hanging gardens of Btbylon, the Temple
of Diana. the statue of the Olymic Jupiter,
the Mausoeum Of Artemtsia, and the Col
ossus of Rhodes.
The seven wonders of the world in mod
ern times are the printing press, the steam
engine, the telegraph, the daguerreottype'
the telephone, the phonograph, and the
electric light
The so called Seven Wonders" OF the
ancents were mere trities compared win
those of the present time. The BROOKLYN
bridge, for example, would make the
HANGING gardeus of Babylon a mere toy,
while the whole seven wonders put togetht,
er would sink into insignifcance could
their builders have seen lightning express
train at full speed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

A BIBLE WITH los Pms IN TIT was
An old Bible. family Bible, a well worn
Bible-the Bible of an old lady who had
read it, and walked by it, for a long life
time
As she grew older and older her sight
began to fail, and she found it hard to find
her favorite verses. But she could not
live without them, so what did she do!
She stuck pin in them, one by one; and
after her death they counted l6S.
When people went to see her. she would
open her Bible, and feeling over the page
alter her pin, would say, Read there,
or Read here" and she knew pretty
we'll what verse was struck by this pin
She could indeed say of her precious Bible
81 love thy commandments above gold
yea, above fine gold; they are sweeter tC
me than honey and the honey-comb."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

How To WATER IN A DROUTH.-In
the summer drouths which now aud then
occur it is common to see persons every.
where at work watering the garden to
keep things alive till the regular rain
comes. 1t is however. the experience of
all, that the more the garden is watered
the more it wants, and thus on the whole
it does little good. Yet water can be so
given as to be free from this objection. 1t
is the hardening OF the surface which
causes the evil, and a hard, compact sur
face always dries out faster than loose
one. The proper way is TO take the earth
away for a few inches around the plant to
be watered, so as to make a sort Of basin,
and into this pour the water, letting il
gradually soak away. After it has all
disappeared, and the surface gets little
dry, then draw the earth back again which
had been displaced to make the basin
| This will make IA loose surface over the
watered part, which will preserve it from
drying out rapidly, Tomatoes, egg plants
cabbages and other plants of this charac
ter watered in this way will need no re
newal of water for several weeks. 1t is +
slow way Of getting such work done, bu
! it is the only sure way of dong it.-Pruc
tic u Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07
NO. SO.

Gracie's first experience in eating a
peach: I've eaten ii, cloth and all NAM
ma; now what shall do with the bone? -"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

There is nothing that makes life sweeter,
nothing thar gives more encouragement IN
'Ue mrH, of hard work, than loyal
tNeuf-h.p 1t is this that makes it a
mrtunr-- nspcakably base to put on the
d. ..n-., NJ friendship in order the better
fG serve personal ends.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

Never neglect one duty under pretence
OF attending to another You honor God
"s much in attending to your calling IN
right spirit, as you do when upon your
knees or in his house.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

Better fall covered and scratched with
wounds Of glory than to surrender through
expedency what is right, or to yield for
the sake Of expediency to what is wrong
Joseph Holt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-07

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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-03
The Fourth Mt wells.

Our neighbors ut Wells have arranged
an entertaining programme for the cele-
brAtion OF independence Day at that
place, and ~ nothing specially attract.
i've has yet been devised TO claim the
presence OF our citizens at homo they
could not do better than to join and
asst their more cnterprising friends OF
the above nuued village.
A series Of races will be run on the
Ath and fifth. and On the evening Of ID,
tth q grand ball will be given at Sheriff
Hall. to which all aro cordially invited.
For particulars SEQ advertisement in an.
other column.