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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
A ROMANTIC CAREER The mere

A ROMANTIC CAREER The mere mar
raive of Garibadi's life reads lik. med-
eval legend or tale Of heroic times. He
is at once the Ulysses and the Achilles of
the Italian national epic. Long before his
name h d been heard in Europe, his ex-
plots, both by sea and land, had made it a
word of power in the new world Having
been involved in revolutionary intrgues,
he quilted Europe in 1886 for South Ameri-
ca, only to return after twelve years exile,
the story of which with its stirring adven-
lures both of battle and peaceful enterprise,
is as romantic as any subsequent portion
of his wonderful career. In l848 Garibaldi
returned to Europe, alIured, like so man Y
other Italian patriots, by the promise, soon
to be bighted, of Pho Nono's accession as
the "liberal pope" But though he soon
found that his hopes in that direction were
to be disappointed, Garibaldi did not re
turn in vain. His share in the defence OF
Rome agains. the troops of the French re-
public under Gen. Oudinot and his victory
over the Neapoltans in the campaign OF
Valletr served to show his countrymen
that they would not want leader ready to
90 all lengths when the time came.
|
years, and the intervening period was one
of sorrow and humiliation for Garibaldi.
After the disastrous Roman campaign,
ending with the occupation of Rome by the
French troops, and the overthrow of MAJ
zini's triumvirate, Garlbaldi was hunted
from place to place; two of his devoted
friends were taken by the Austrian troops
and shot without any form Of trial; his
heroic wife, Anita, the companion of all
his adventures and perils succumbed to
the exposure and privation of his flight
and The general himself only escaped from
his more implacable foes to be arrested by
Sandman troops and carried to Genoa,
where La MarmoIa, who held the com
mand, allowed him to retire TO Tunis
When Victor Emmanuel made his peace
with Austria, and the hopes of Italy
seemed extinguished for the moment, Gar.
ibaldi once more crossed the Atlantic and
settled in New York as a tallow chandler
He returned to Europe in 1855, and in
1859 the var between France and Austria
brought him again into the field. Here
we approach the better known, or, at leas
the better remembered parts of Garibaldi's
oventful career. All the world recollects
the exploits of the Chasseurs des Apes
whom Garibaldi organized for mountsir
warfare, and led with consummate daring
along the sub.alpine ranges and to the very
summit of the Stelvio Pass before the sud.
den peace of Villafranca put an end for the
moment to the rising hopes of Italian pa
triots and statesmen. Still more familiar
is the story of the campaign of the follow
ing year, which was begun in Sicily by
Garibadi and few devoted followers, ,anC
ended in few months at Naples, when
the victorious patriot, who took no regart
for himself and asked for none, handed
over the crown of the two Sicilies to Victor
Emmanuel and retired 10 his farm in
Caprera,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

/ A NEW SKETCH oE GEORGE III.-Cieorg,
I'LL possessed all the accomplishment.
which are required for doing business as
business is done by kings. He talked foreign
languages like modern prince. and he
wrote like the master of every one with
whom he cOrresponded. The meaning ol
the blunt confidential notes in which he
made known his wishes to an absent
minister never failed to stand clearly out
through all his Indifferent spelling and
careless grammar Those notes are dated
at almost every minute from in the
morning to IL at night; for. as long as
work remained on hand all hours we're
working hours with the king. Punctual,
patient, self-willed, and self-possessed /;
intruding into every depar mem; inqnir.
ing greedily into every detail; making
everybo1y's duty his own. and then do.
ing il cnnscienti,usly, indefatigahlv, and
rs badly as it could possibly be done; he
had almost all the qualities which enable
a man to use or misuse. an exalted
station, with hardly any of the talents by
means of which such station can be
reached from blow. If he had been
born private gentleman. his intellec ual
powers would never have made him a
Junior lord of the treasury; hut his NOR
al characteristics were such that. being
king, he had rs much influence on the
conduct of affairs rs all his cabinet to.
gether. A Frederick the Gr ent without
the cleverness, he loved his own way no
less than his German brother, and got it
almost rs frequently; with this diff renee
in the result that in the score of years
during which he governed according to
his favorite theory, he weakened England
rs much as Frederick ever aggrandized
Prussia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

The NEED OF THE AGE.-The need o
the age is to study the limitations of tn,
human brain; to analyze and organize it,
weaknesses, and above all its diseases
But to one thinker we can find philanthrop
lists by thousands of thousands. All mer
have some virtues. Some have many, but
scarcely any men have ideas; not only the
power of originating, but the power oI
comprehending it when demonstrated, is So
rare that it might almost be denied that il
is human characteristics many countries
for ages have been without lovers of, or
seekers for, great truths-great generalza-
tlon-and there have been centuries and
Bons, when in no country was there one
organized movement of ideas-a whole
planet without thinker.
Not ideas, not truth, not variety, not
reason, not the demonstrable, but the un-
demonstrable and the demonstrable false
have ruled and are destined for ages to
come to rule the world This results from
the fact that but here am there can man
be found who is not afraid of the truth.
The writing and the speaking of all men
attest the intellectual cowaruice of En- lish
speaking people. Under all suns, in every
continent, beneath every phase of govern
ment, in every realm of thought those who
call themselves Anglo-Saxon, who have
the physical courage of the lower animals,
and the moral heroism of saints are timid
and feminine in the presence of ideas.
England and America trembles at truths
so old that Germany has forgotten when
they were born.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

PLEASURE SEEKING AS matters are
going, society seems to be shaping tseli
into an organization for generating the
greatest possible amount of pleasure. The
commonest figure to day fear he is al
most typcal-is the young man demand
ing, as first of all considerations, that be
shall be amused; amused he must be a,
whatever cost, and if society and education
and church are not shaped to that end he
will have nought to do with them. Mean.
while church and college and social life
hasten to comply, suggesting that the main
business of each is to keep up "show u
One wishes with Douglas Jerrold "that
the world would get tired of this eternal
outlaw" Let me say 10 the young man
who reads these pages. that while the
many are amusing themselves. few earn
est ones turn aside and seize the prizes oi
life. | would have you OF this number;
would persuade you to extricate yourself
from the giggling crowd, and hold that life
may be worth living even ifit does not pro.
vide you with stunning amusement every
twenty. four hours. | would have you
strong and clear headed enough to enter
the protest of your example against the
insiduous, emasculating idea so prevalent
that the main object in life is ito have a
good time" | would have you realize
that soul sodden with pleasure is the
most utterly lost and degraded soul that
can be. When pleasure rules the life
mind, sensibility, health shrivel and waste
till at last, and not tardily, no joy on earth
or in heaven can move the worn-out heart
to response. Theodore T. Munger, in "On
The Threshold "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

USE OF SALr.--In many cases of disor-
dered stomach, a teaspoonful of salt is a
certain cure. In the violent internal ach-
ing, termed collie, add teaspoonful of salt
TO pint of cold water, drink it and 90 to
bed; it is one of the speediest and best
remedies known. The same will revive IL
person who seems almost dead from re-
ceiving Il fall, etc. In an apoplectic fit,
no time should he lost in pouring down
salt water. if sufficient sensibility remains
TO allow of swallowing; if not the head
must be sponged with cold water until the
senses return, when salt will completely
restore the patient from bis lethargy In q
fit, the feet should be placed in warm
water with mustard added, and the legs
briskly rubbed, all bandages removed from
the neck, and a cool apartment procured if
possible. In many cases OF bleeding at
the lungs when other remedies fail, DR..
Rush found that two teaspoonfuls of salt
completely stayed the blood. In case of
bite from mad dog, wash the part with
strong brine for an hour, then bind on
some salt with a rag. In toothache, warm
salt and water held to the part and renew
ed two or three times, will relieve in most
cases. If the teeth be covered with tartar,
wash twice day with salt and water In
sweled neck, wash the part with brine,
and drink twice Il day, also, until cured
Salt will expel worms, if used in food in a
moderate degree, and aid digestion, but
salt meat is injurious if used much.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

How SHF PrNISHFn HIM. Never mind
what the lawyers name was. sum, -
for us to tell you that he lived in one of the
Hudson river counties of New York and
was more noted for those qualities of both
head and heart that make man disaUree-
able than for the qualities of true gentle
man. An unoffending, simple-minded
witness in his hands for cross. examination
was, for the time, far worse off than in the
stocks or the pillory. Once upon a time,
however, our legal scourge met more than
his match.
He was driving through Duchess county
in quest of II certain district where he had
important business to transact, and when
he believed he must have nearly reached
his journeys end, he stopped at a poor
farmhouse by the wayside where he saw
woman harnessing shabby-looking horse
to still more shabby-l looking wagon,
"Look you, woman" he cried, in his
usual rough, uncouth manner, lean YOU
direct me to -boroughPn
Il am going directly by the road that
leads straight there, sir; so if you Il follow
on you can't miss it,"
"All right" said Solon. bad company
is better than none on such an OCCASION"
The woman jumped to her seat and
drove off, the lawyer following on behind.
At the end of five or six miles, the LAWYER
began to think that the way was tedously
long, and he hailed the woman and asked
her if they were near to the road he was to
take.
why, bless you" she replied. 1--WE
passed your road four miles back; but.
thinking bad company better than none,
kept you along with me !"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

TALK OVER WHAT you READ.-Nearly
forty years experience rs teacher has
shown how little know of subject until
| begin to explain it or teach it. Let any
young person try the experiment of giving
in conversation, briefly and connectedly
and in the simplest language, the chief
points of any book or article he has read.
and he will at once see what mean. The
gaps that are likely to appear in the know
ledge that he felt was his own will no
doubt he very surprising. know of no
training superior to this in utilizing ones
reading, in Strengthening the memory and
in forming habits of clear, connected state
ment. 1t will doubtless teach other things
than those | have mentioned, which the
persons who honestly make the expert
ment will find out for themselves. Chill
dren who read can be encouraged to give,
in a familiar way, the interesting parts
of the books they have read with great
advantage to all concerned. ore than
one youth know has laid the foundation
of intellectual tastes in New England
family, where hearty enc uragement was
given to children and adults in their at
tempts to sketch the lectures they had
heard the evening previous. The same
thing was done with books.-ChriStian
Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

How TO GET BLACK EYE.-Reader,
hast ever asked a man "whence his black
eyeP" We have, many times since we
spronted. Mayhap we've had 'em. Per.
chance it matters not. We append some
of the answers we received:
Running after cat and tripped over
the clOthes-line with my neck"
"Grand father left it to me in his will"
Got up in the middle of the night and
went Gown stairs after drink"
Told a man he lied"
"Trod on the teeth of hoe"
"Was splitting wood"
Cork flew out of champagne bottle"
Man ran an umbrella in my eye.''
"Babv hit me with a ratte-box."
Tried to kill mosquito on my nose"
Didn't know it was loaded"
Told the bartender to hang it up"
Tried to get on car after it was two
blocks up street."
Ran knot-hole in it."
"Was looking through the key-noe."
Some boys playing shiny in the street
and asked me to be umpire
"Went to kick a dog and my boot came
"tired a booGack at cat and lost
my grip on it,"
"Nonneryerdambizness. ."-New York
Dispatch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

No STAMPS. "A good story if told of a
rough-clad min who lately vsitdd Santa
Fe. and stepped into the post office. See
ing in the window three letters held for
postage, he picked one up and looking at
the address, said, in great astonishment: {:
"Why, this letter is for lady in Dem
yer!
Yes, said the clerk
And on are holding it here!" in a
tone of greater astonshment.
why, of course" answered the clerk !;
don't You see it hasn't any postage paidp'
In tone of utter contempt for the man
who would not forward letter to wo-
man. paid or unpaid, the miner said
"Give me some stamps"
1t was done; he carefully put the
stamps on all letters in the window, put.
ting two on that of the feminine gender
to make sure that it would 90 all right,
and stalked out of the office with the
concluding remark hurled al the head of
the astonished Pine Pinto:
"Strjkes me there's some very mean
people in this town"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

| A HOME FOR MoTHER.-It is delightful
to turn from the too frequently sad exam
pie OF dime novel bitter runaway boy
bringing themselves and their parents d
grief, to pure picture of filial love an,
duty like this. Says letter written from
western city:
Busines called me to the United Statei
land office. While there a lad apparently
sixteen or seventeen years of age came il
and presented certificate for forty acre.
| of land.
| was struck with the countenanoe and
general appearance of the boy, and inquir
ell of him for whom he was purchasing
the land.
For myself. sir"
then inquired where he got the money
He answered, al earned it,"
Feeling then an increased desire for
knowing something more about the boy, |
asked about himself and parents. He took
a seat and gave the following narrative:
81 am the oldest of five children. Father
is drinking man. and often would return
home drunk. Finding that father would
not abstain from liquor, resolved to make
an effort in some way to help my mother,
"iOUho'o anu SlSJeIS. L ROL all axe anu
went into new part of the country to
work clearing land, and have saved
money enough to buy forty acres of land
there"
We'll, m good boy, what are you going
to do with the landp"
will work on it, build log house,
and when all is ready, Will bring father.
motheTr, brothers and sisters to live with
me. The land l want for mother, IL VIII
secure her from want in her old age "
And what will you do with your father
if he continues to drinkP"
oh, sir, when we get him on the farm
he will feel AT home and be happy. and,
hope, become sober man."
Young man, may Gods blessing at
tend your efforts to help and honor your
father and mother"
BY this time the receiver handed him his
receipt for his forty acres of land. AS he
was leaving the office, he said:
"At last | have home for my mother. "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

MARK TWAIN ON FATHERS. - Mark
Twain, having been asked to contribute to
the newspapers issued at the fair in aid of
abused children in Boston writes: Why
should want society for the prevention
of cruelty to children to prosper when
have baby down stairs that kept me
awake several hours last night with no
pretext for it but desire to make troublep
This occurs every night, and it embitters
me, because see now how needless it was
to put in the other burglar alarm, costly
and complicated contrivance, which can
not be depended upon, because its always
getting out of order, and won't go, '
whereas although the baby is always get
ting out oforder, too, it can nevertheless he
depended on, for the reason the more it
gets out of order, the more itdoes go. Yes Z,
/ am bitter against your society, for think
the idea of it Is all wrong, but If you will
start society for the prevention of cruelty
to fathers will write you q whole book. ="
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

ranges run far into the interior. thus nat
urally throwing the business toward the
western coast of Asia Minor. Here We
saw fresh snow on the highest peaks.
Approaching Rhodes we meet the
weather change from summer to winter
in cold, stormy north wind. The sea
hollis gloriously us we enter the Egean
Sea, and pass between the rocky isles
There is the isle of Patmos in its rocky
fastness, where the Apostle John was
placed for the word OF God which he
preached in its testimony of Jesus Christ.
Through divine goodness we arrive safely
in the beautiful and large harbor OF
Smyrna, seat of one of the seven churches
The old SMYRNA on the hight of the hill
is buried to almost the last stone cut Of
sight Roman fortress remains are in
excellent preservation, though slowly dis
appearing under the easy quarrvng of
them by the lazy Turk, who builds his
house next to the hill.
From the hill to the shore is the most
modern town, containing, as near as we
can ascertain, two hundred and twenty
Thousand inhabitants of all nationalities
Smyrna is both railroad and seaport
centre for Asia Minor. Her foreign in
habitants are full of enterprise, while
they sleep at Sentar and Constantinople
through fear of the Russians.
Speaking of census, it is not an easy
affair this way to take one. Women are
not counted, and if any official man
should attempt to enter harem it would
he al the peril of his life from the guard.
SO the way they do it is to view street
of Mohammedans, take the number of
houses, and guess at the number of in
hahitants. There are thirty mosques in
modern Smyrna-one for each street of
Mohammelans. There are eight Greek,
one Armenian and five Latin churches.
The people are active, many of them
cruel, robbery and murder not unfrequent.
Poverty and ignorance. neglected every
where, alike stimulate crime. They an
nounce fire by red light from the
highest minalet and the citizens discharge
pistols instead of crying fire. Railroads
are running in good time and with COM
Portable care to different places in Asia,
both ancient and modern. There are a
large number of summer residences oppo-
site the city across the bay. The finest of
fruits, flowers and trees grow here. and
the Smyrna fig is by far the largest and
best. The fig tree is very large in some
of these eastern places, and repeats itself
in instances by the branches taking root
in the ground and the whole growing as
the banyan tree; so that we have wor-
shipped and dined under our own vine and
tig tree, no one daring to molest or make
us afraid, though our company, servants
and all, numbered sixty persons.
1t is strange to hear of your extreme
cold weather in November. while here we
are fighting Justify large usquitoes in
December.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
BRITISH EXPENDITURE Wilfr,

BRITISH ExPENDITURE.-Sir Wilfred
Lawson, writing in the Nineteenth Cen.
tury, on the use of intoxicating drinks,
says, mo one favors excess: But though
no one favors excess, it is admitted on all
hands that as nation we do exceed, and
that G140,000,000 $500, ,0OO, ,00O per an
mum is far too much to be spent on brain
poison by the people Of the United King
dom. If drink were merely harmless
luxury, the above sum would be a start
ling national expenditure, but when we
reflect that the consumption Of this drink
is, by the almost unanimous testimony o
our judges. police, prison. and poor law
authorities and all those in n position tc
know the habits of the people, pronounc
ed to be the main cause of crime and
pauperism, it becomes truly alarming"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

For the purpose of determining the
capacity of horse to undergo the priva-
tions incident to a state Of siege series
of experiments has been made in Paris.
The results show that horse may hold
out for twenty-five days without any solid
nourshment, provided it is supplied with
sufficient good drinking water; that "a
horse can subsist barely five days without
water; and thirdly that if horse is well
fed for ten days, but insuf1icienty supplied
with water throughout this period. it will
not outlive the eleventh day. A horse
which had received no solid nourishment
for twelve days was nevertheless in con.
dtion to draw load of six hundred
pounds on the twelfth day of its fast
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

WHY WOMEN SHOULD READ NEwSPA-
PERS.-lt is a great mistake in female ed
ucation to keep young lady's time and
attention devoted to only the fashionable
literature Of the day. If you would quail
ify her for conversation, you must give
her something to talk about-give her ed
ucation with the actual world and its
transpiring events. Urge ugon her to
read the newspapers and become familiar
with the present character and improve
ment of our race. History is some i'm
portance; but the past world is dead, and
we have nothing to do with it.
Our thoughts and our concerns shoulC
be for the present world, to know what i
is. Let her have an intelligent opinion
and be able to sustain an intelligent con
versation concerning the mental, moral
political, and religious Improvement o
the times. Let the gilded ANIMALS anc
poems on the centre table be kept a part
of the time covered with good weekly anC
daily journals. Let the whole family
men, women, and children, read newspa
pers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
You take the men that have come from

You take the men that have come from
nothing and that have steadily held on
their way until they have the confidence
and affection of men in the world, and
you will find that they are not men that
were sent up in a car with music and
roses. They who have come to power
and abiding influence among their fellows
are men that have been hammered. They
have had hard youth, a stubborn young
manhood. and succession of years in
which they saw more storm than sunshine
They have wrought out comfort, and il
stands firm. Not only have they wrought
out comfort, but they have wrought ou
integrity, honor, truth and faith. These
have taken possession of them, and they
stand regal in the manly qualities that
have been developed in them.