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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

RUNS OF BLUEBEARD's CAsTLE-A
tourist writes from France: There are
several localities in the vicinity of Nantes
which are well worthy a visit. For in
stance, imagine not a few of our little
folks in America would like to have Joined
me in an excursion took the other day
to the ruins of Bluebeard's castle-that
very identical castle where the story book
tells us the murdered wives hung in line
in the mysterious chamber! The original
of Bluebeard, it seems, was one ferocous
old chevalier, Duval, who was, in truth, II
ferocious old bigamist, and lived in this
castle so long ago that hardly anything
except tradition in regard to him yet re
mained. The excursion Is delightful
one, and you may reach the ruins either
by road which conducts through n
charming, rolling landscape, or by the
pretty little river Erdre, which winds
romantically northward from the centre
of the town. Just outside the primitive
village of Jandiniere, Immediately upon
the sloping bank of the stream, you en-
counter some crumbling walls, so thickly
covered with moss, ivy and brush that
you can hardly discover them, and in the
midst of pretty wood, and this is all
that still exists of Bluebeard's castle.
They undertake to place you on the very
spot where the murdered wives were
transfxed; for tradition takes strong hold
on the ignorant, superstitious minds OF
those French peasants, and l doubt not
that the old woman who shows the ruins
for few cents thoroughly believes the
story from beginning to end"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

If only persons could and would but
place themselves momentarily in the posi-
ton of others, and then look back on
themselves, it would wonderfully shorten
all controversy; for no instrument has
ever been found in this world so effectual
for moving the hearts and minds like the
one that says through human lips, IL do
not, as you see. myself need to change or
suffer in this particular respect. Your
evil is not mine. except as my heart and
conscience make it so. But I do gladly
for you that which would not need TO do
for myself alone Come, then! Follow
my example-you will be saved-and |
shall need no other thanks"
1t is lucky that some men are poor, for
riches would only help them to display
their weakness and folly. Many ones
insignifcance is his safety. Give him
prominence. and everybody wonld see
what fool he is. There is an odd sen
tence floating about, which cannot be for
gotten because it expresses so much truth
and it is to this effect The higher an ape
climbs, the more he shows his tail. Riches
would utterly spoil half the world, and YET
that very half is exceedingly anxious to
have the statement proved true in his own
case.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

CARING FOR SICK FoLKs.-Try to keep
a pretty china cup and saucer, a delicate
plate and small goblet, to present food
on, to the sick. One expert nurse always
serves beef-tea and milk in a wine-glass; !;
one of the thin, bell-shapel glasses, that
hold more than they look to hold. A sick
person will turn away from bowl OF
soup, and be pleased with pretty cupful.
Sick children, especially, are amused and
pleased with the color aud pattern of the
cups and dishes, and there is trace OF
the freiful child in every invilid. There
is something tempting in small quanti-
ty. 1t does moi do to tax the eye. There
fore, present Just rs little as you judge the
invalid wants to see. A coarse white din
ner plate, hoaped with food, will take away
all appetite, while small plate or saucer,
especially if it is a pretty dainty one, will
be successfully cleared. A mauve saucer.
or pink plate, will coax feverish pa
tient to eat rice pudding or orange cream,
or few grapes, when all other arts have
failed There seems to be an appetite of
the eyes as well as the stomach, and 1t
must not be offended.
Very often the effort to lift the head,
even if elsons are not dangerously Ill
disinclnes them to take refreshing and
nourishing drink. There is no need to
disturb sufferers by propping them up
with pillows and making them lift their
heads and change their position. A bent
glass tube, sold for five cents at the apoth
ecary's is not a signal of extreme Illness
or lowness, except that the head may ros
low. 1t simply means comfort, and that
the invalid may not be disturbed, in sick
headache or extreme fatigue. but car
take the beverage provided without a
change of position. The art Of comfort Is
not sure, but it goes great way toward
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

THE FATHER IN THE FAMILY.-It was a
precious characteristic of the olden times
that the father was almost always to be
found at home. He abode in the circle of
his family, and was priest of God in the
same During the day he pursued his
calling, and ut evening was found among
his own There he exercised his priest
hood, He brought up his children in the
fear of the Lord.
But where now are the fathers in the
evenngP We certainly can find always
one family in four in which the father
spends his evenings away from home. He
must spend some hours away from home
the quiet circle is not lively and diversified
enough; he must be in society. More we
will not say. But we will not conceal the
fact that the father thereby deprves his
family of their best friend, and the home
of its orderly discipline. For if the father
thus goes out, then will also half of the
mllgrown sons and daughters, and the
mother also. At last every one will &c
his own ay.-Ahlfetd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

A liquor dealer in Lowell has been as
neatly circumvented by a lady within
few days as could well he. His receipts
having fallen off very largely, in conse-
quences of the reform movement, he de.
vised a system of free lunches to lure
victims into his shop. The lady, Mrs.
Mullen, had promising son, whose er.
ring steps in the way of drink she had
noted with sorrow; and her heart was
greatly rejoiced when he signed the
pledge and joined the noble band of re-
pentent men. She determined if posi-
BILE, therefore, not to allow the tempter
to snare her boy by any such articles as
that. So she made a brief tour in the
neighborhood and collected seven children
who were none too well fed. With these
she marched into the rum-shop and de
manded free lunch for all It could not
he refused. Next day she returned with
nine childre, and the third day with
eleven. The dealer swore desperately,
but could not back out, as many knew of
the affair; but he will undoubtedly have
to retreat, for Mrs. Mullen is in earnest
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

Nor ALoNE.-We do not labor alone.
However feeble our hands, that mighty
Hand is laid on them, to direct their
movements and to lend strength to their
weakness. 1t is not our speech which will
secure results, but His presence with our
words which shall bring it about, that even
through them great number shall be-
lieve and turn to the Lord. There is our
encourag cement when we are respondent.
There is our rehuke when we are self
confident. There is our stimulus when
we are indolent, There is our quietness
when we are impatient. If ever we are
tempted to think our task heavy, let us
not forget that He who set it helps US to do
it, and from His throne shares in all our
tolls, the Lord still, as of old working
with us. If ever we feel that our strength
is nothing, and that we staud solitary
against many foes, let us fall back upon
the peace-gving thought, that one man
against the world, with Christ to help
him, is always in the majority; and let
us leave issues of our work in His hands,
whose hands will guard the seed sown in
weakness, whose smile will bless the
springing thereof.-A. MaclGren, D. d.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

CHILDREN AT WATERING PLAcEs.-It
is inevitable that the proprietors at certain
hotels should resolve that no children
should be included among their boarders
during the summer season that is Just
opening. Hotels are not the best places
for children, and in this country especially
the little ones are held in such small re-
straint that they generally become nui
sance to everybody excepting their fathers
and mothers 1t would be interesting to
dissect the heart of a parent and discover
by what process the latter remains so
blind to the faults of his own progency
while painfully awake to those of another's s
offspring 1t is this very blindness which
renders many children, who might else be
charming, perfectly unbearable at hotels,
boarding houses, and at almost every other
place where they are found. The amiable
idiocy and bovine camness with which a
mother will watch her infant child in a
hotel dining room. play such fantastic
tricks before high heaven as make the
landlord weep, are among the most irrita-
ting exhibitions of parental vanity that
could well be given, Happily for the
children, however, there are plenty OF
summer places which seem especially de-
signed for their behoof, where they may
tear around to their hearts content, and
where not even the landlord will put q
veto 1t would be apity for the children tc
have it all to themselves. Adults have
some rights-even those old bachelors and
old ,naids whose children are said to be
sardonically perfect.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

tray. and from vapor they become burn
ing flames, from clouds they change to
sharp and cutting swords We are foolish
enough to believe in the honor, the
common sense and the natural humanity
of our interlocutor. We are foolish and we
are wrong. Still, those two wrongs come
once more to the front, with no right
behind them. And our folly does not
excuse the treachery by the other, who
forthwith carries the little snake to the
unsuspccting Cleopatra, and tells her all,
and probably more than all, that you and
Cleopatra are 1.-TWO" You never know
why, because you do not remember what
you said, and you never think you have
been betrayed. In your turn you resent
this, us it seems uncalled-fOr GOODNESS,
born of the uncalled-tor animadversion on
your side. And so the breach widens till
it comes to direct cut
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

A COMMERCIAL NATIoN.-Norway is the
smallest of European nations, but its com
mercial fleet is the third largest in the world
The Norwegian, of all foreign flags, is
most frequently seen in New York; and
through the Sound which forms the high
way from London, often from three to four
hundred Norwegian crafts pass in Il day.
In Norway, although not every man is Il
sailor, every person is more or less con-
nected with shipping. To build ships, to
sail them. to own ships or to have part in
them is point in everybody's life along
the thousand Gords which fringe the coasts
of Norway; and inland the most common
manner of placing savings is to go down
to the sea, and buy a portion in ship.
Many a Norwegian vessel, carrying timber
to England, and coal back to Denmark, or
dried fish to Naples, and oranges back to
St. Petersburgh, represents the whole for
time of village or parish, in which even
the servant girl may have a share. To
MANY a wel-so-do farmer the only source
from which he draws ready money is from
his ship-stock
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

WHEAT MEAL BREAD.-An English
advocate of Wheat Meal Bread " main
tains that the bread in common use is
forty per cent deficient in sustaining quail
tiles. An entire grain of wheat contains
everything that is required for nourishing
purposes, and yet the better half of it is
wasted, and this half is much healthier
food especially for children. A white
loaf in fact, is only half "A loaf, for large
portion of the material that forms muscu-
lar flesh, and nearly all that forms bone,
is taken from it, Children led on white
bread are very liable to suffer with rickety
bones, consumption and bad teeth, be-
cause their food does not noulish them
properly. The outward whteness of the
flour may be considered an outward sign
of starvation within. One shilling worth
of wheat meal bread contains three times
the flesh forming, seventy times the heat
producing and three times the bone form
inc material to be found in shilllngs
worth of beefsteak. Dr. Richardson main
tains that if the mothers of the United
Kingdom were TO give their families whole
meal, which contained the structure oil the
skeleton, in from three to four generations
all the deformites of children, not caused
by accident, which they now saw, would
puss away, as by the hands of an Invisible
enchantress.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

Take the wisdom of politics. the wisdom
of science, the wisdom of the Scriptures
and join them in one beam IF light, and let
it smite through and through you while
you look into the face of your cruciGed
Lord. Where are we that we can behold
His wounds and not he willing to give up
our little personal indulgences in order to
Increase our usefulness with the degradedp
Every church has opportunities ofreaching
many families which nave been afflicted
with intemperance; every church ought to
draw into it the Incorporate. What if the
intemperate IN IN comes into Gods house
and finds the few setting the example of
moderate drinking? Is that safe? Is that
consistency? fproclam, that
when reformed drunkard sits down in a
pew and finds his neighboring church
member moderate drinker, and his pas
tor holding up the Bible in one hand and
the glass of moderate drinking in the other
the struggling converted inebriate has not
come into place of safety; the church is
not fold that is securing him from the
wolves; it is not place where he can re-
pose. But believe my Lords bosom is
such place. Although you may bias
pheme Him by talking of the wine that He
made at Cana and wine that He drank,
will 90 to Him. and | will say do not be-
lieve He ever put the bottle to His neigh
boris lips in a way that could intoxcate
him. do not believe He looked on wine
when it was red will find safety in His
bosom and will proclaim the necessity of
the reformation of the church until safety
can be found within it as His representa-.
ton.
The church Of England temperance So
ciety is organized on double basis. 1t
says it puts no social distinction between
the abstaiuer and the merely temperate
man. But what does it do when it organ
izes i rescue section? | am informed that
the church of England temperance society
WneH IL ctIlS lleH W 90 lulo tnt SlumS anu
reach the degraded, acts mp the principle
that we cannot we'll smite with rigor that
with which we patronize; only total ab
stainers are put into the rescue section Of
the church of England temperance society
claim that every teacher in
Sunday school, every legislator, every
Judge, every father, every mother, every
man or woman, or child who has named
the name of Christ, should belong to the
rescue section of society.
Taken from a sermon preached by the
Rev Joseph Cook, in Metropolitan taber
nacle, London, May |.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

1t is. hard to believe that that noisy boy,
whose hands are always on the most init.
mate terms with all manner of CRIME and
dirt; whose hair is never combed, save on
compulsion; whose clothing samples
everything it comes near, till "it is sight
to behold; whose hooting and yelling
are constant reminders of aboriginal
memoirs. and whose whistling is an ag.
gregation of three steam bands and a
brace cf locomotives-it is hard to believe
that he will ever become transmogritied
into the amiable tractable young gentle
man, so particular in the fit of his coat,
the shade of his kids and the immaculate
whiteness of his shirt front, so excruci-
atingly clean.of person and so eminently
proper in word, act and deed. But he
will be. The answer to this enigma is,
calico.-1ranscrtpt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

A RELIC OF THE WAR.-A boom shell,
doubtless fired by the federals during he
late uneasiness at the person or property
of some southerner, came near doing its
destructive work ina saw mill at Augusta,
Ga, the other day. The circular saw
was blowing through a large white oak
log, perhaps the hardest wood that grows
in our forests, when it struck still hard
er substance, which broke its teeth and
suddenly stopped its progress. Upon ex-
animation they found buried in the stock
to the depth of at least eight inches, "A
large percussion hombshell. which, &C
cording to the calculation of those familiar
with the growth of timber, had been there
sixteen or seventeen years, and the tree
had grown over it until there was but a
slight scar left. Fortunately the saw struck
the shell, which still contained its load, SC
as to cause no explosion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22
HINTS TO GIRLS. Civ

HINTS TO GIRLs.-Give your best sym
pathy. There is no sre,ateIr human power
ti,rn tho tenderness of yyon,ar r. Won
can minister TO some one in sickness, les
sen somebody's distress, or put flower In
some poor home, you have done thing
you will always be glad to think of. You
will be remembered, and a woman asks no
grander monument than to live in hearts
Not far from my home was the plain
cottage of an Irish woman and her only
son-a brave young fellow dying of con-
sumption contracted in the war. One day,
In my visit to him, l carried him some
lovely red roses. The next time went
the mother said: al He never let the roses
out of his hand Miss. He held them when
he died. and the last he ever said, was,
Give my blessin' to the young lady for
bringin me the flowers" And the des
olate mother buried them with him, as the
most precious thing he possessed. The
blessing Of that poor Irish youth will al-
ways be pleasant memory.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

A WORD TO OUR GTRLs.-Girls. don't
marry man who drinks. Better still,
never receive any attention from a Young
gentleman or give him the least encourage
ment you know that Intoxicating liquors
ever sully his lips. If you have. unfortun-
ately, already become attached to such a
one, and find out even at the eleventh hour
that he is dcvotee of Bacchus leave him
even then, rather than marry one who will
bring you nothing but disgrace, poverty
misery, and heart aches untold.
You will suffer in doing this; but the
day will come when you will thank God
that you had the courage to make the
sacrifice.
Don't marry man hoping to reform
him. If you do your hopes will be blasted
and your merrily begun journey will end
in weariness and tears.
But you say, "he only drinks oc
casionally-on the fourth of July, election,
Christmas, new years. and now and then
with an old friend. Surely you would not
have me give him up for this?'
Yes. even for this The man who will
take one glass is not safe nor to be trusted.
Go to him; tell him kindly and pleasantly
but firmly, how sorry you are that he is
becoming slave to the cup; ask him, for
your sake, for the sake OF his own mani-
ness and self-respect, to never again let
one drop OF liquor pass his lips. If he is
worthy of II womans love he will try to
conquer his appetite. Give him a fair
trial; take time to see how he carries him
self; allow years to give strength to his
hnf 70 u
of him rs other than friend.
Go to the millions of drunkards' wives,
whose attenuated frames, hollow eyes, and
looks of anxious dread, tell only too plain
y that poverty and heart pain have done
their appointed work; ask them il they
would advise you to take as your life com
panion, as the father Of your children, one
whose feet are shared in the rut of sure
destructienP Their answer will be, mo,
ten thousand times no. Far better would
you hang yourself higher than Haman or
seek the lower depths of the ocean for your
resting. place than do this thing"
Girls, don't drink yourselves. blush
that am obliged to say it. But, alas! the
use of intoxicants is not entirely confined
to the sterner sex, and the number of ex-
YOuhiJ IL 1Ou nave
ever taken the wine-glass, or used stimu
lants because you or your physician con-
sidered them necessary to your health, stop
at once. You are on the brink of preci-
pice, and nothing but instant action can
safe you. Let your example show to. all
that total abstinence" is your motto. Be
quiet, unobtrusive and lady like about it.
Do it modestly, but let all see that your
sympathies are on the side of temperance
and reform.
One thing more Have nothing to dc
with a man who is of doubtful morals. The
licentious man should be scorned anC
summed even more than the intemperate
Countenapce not the seducer, the destroyer
of homes, the corrupter of innocent hearts
He is more to be feared than the pestlenct
that walketh at MONDAY.
Many who look with scorn upon the in
ebriate are doing much to undermine so
ciety by their dereliction in this respect
We are not circumspect enough.
The women, the girls, have great in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

CORRECT SPEAKING.-Oneo of the most
pleasing things in young people is the
habit OF correct speaking. Let us advise
all our young readers to acquire it in early
life. The longer you live the more diff
cult the requirement of correct language
will be; and If the golden age of youth.
the proper season for the acquisition of
language, be passed in Its abuse, the un-
fortunate victim, if neglected, is very
properly doomed to talk slang for life.
Money is not necessary to procure this
education. Every one has it in his power.
He has merely to use the language which
he reads, Instead of the slang which he
hears, to form his taste from the best
speakers and poets in the country, tc
treasure up choice phrases in his memory
and habtuate himself to their use, avoid
ing at the same time, that pedantic pre-
cision and bombast which shows the weak
ness of vain ambition rather than the polisf
of an educated mind.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

One reason why there are so many poor
men in the world is because they spend
every cent they get and lay up nothing for
sickness or rainy day. The whole So
cret of accumulating consists in that one
little word save" What difference does
it make whether mans income is dol
lar day or dollar minute If he spends
every cent as last as ne gets NP The un-
married young man who dohs not save
money on six dollars week tyould never
save cent if his income was sixtv dollars
for the same time. Few Ioople follow
any definite plan in life. That is whv so
many come out almost ssnywhere. and
about as often, next to noSyherel
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22

There must be for the sultan, writes an
English journalist, a terrible attraction
Just now in "sad stories of the deaths of
kings" Within the palace and in the
chambers of the harem no one can guess
what treachery may be brewing. No
sultan can tell what is passing in the mind
of his coffee Makers his barber, his chief
black eunuch, his faster, his cook. One
of his rare and sad pleasures is discover.
ing new favorite in the crowded ranks
of his harem. But the coffee maker or
the pipe bearer may be of the party of the
old favorite, and the sultan's endeavor to
escape from conjugal monotony may make
him acquainted with the bowstring, the
lancet or the poisoned coffee. II is Q
dreadful life.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-06-22
TRUTH.

We search the world for truth; we Gull
The good, the pure, the beautiful.
From craven stone and written scroll.
From all old 6ower-fields of the soul;
And weary seekers of the best
We come back laded from quest,
To find that all the ssges said
Is in the Book our mothers read,
And all the treasure of old thought,
In His harmonious fullness wrought
Who gathers in one sheaf complete
The scattered blades of q DDS own wheat.
The common growth that maketh good
His all embracing Fatherhood. -RhiHier.