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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27
Ihr freeman.
MONTPELIER VT.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27, 1881.
Dakota Once More.

I read Mr., o. S. Basford's reply to my
questions with much pleasure. Still, |
think if he had been in the west as long as
have and travelled as much in Dakota
and Minnesota and been engaged in the
saIe of wagons and farming tools he would
have priced them higher here than in
Vermont. And if he had wintered in
Dakota this winter l think he would feel
about as bad as the old maid he tells
us about.
But | do not blame him for telling a
good story, for he would like to get as
many Vermonters to settle in Dakota as
be can if he is going to settle there. But
will bet him my old hat that more
settlers will 90 out of Dakota this spring
than will 60 in to settle.
think from what | could learn in a
months visit to Vermont last fall that
taxes in Dakota Me from 25 to so per
cent higher than in Vermont. There is,
of course, a difference in locations here
the same as in Vermont. Fuel is from
so to 100 per cent higher here-that is,
when one can get it at all. This winter ii
could not be got in some parts of the state
for two or three months on account of the
snow, and | think more people froze to
Death in Dakota this winter than there
ever did in one winter in Vermont in our
grandf,thers' days. Tools. wagons, etc,
are IS to % per cent higher in the west
groceries, excepting meat and flour, 10 10
25 per cent more here, and clothing of all
kinds Fl ON ~ TO 20 per cent.
And lastly he says. surely Vermonter
\ would MT h I'VE our sons gone remain. He
q so says that the wealth of native born
Vermnnters now outside the state is equal
to The wealth of resident Vermonters.
Now in answer 10 the first l would say,
that i inst what | would have the boys
\ do-stay in Vermont; and | would have
their fathers give them chance to work
and think there are but few farms in
Vermont bnt what would be doubled in
value by good cultivation.
And lastly, will agree with him in
seeking the kingdom of Heaven first of all
,hngs, but | do not think he will find it
in Dakota.
VERMONTER.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

HELP YOURSELVES Prime has very
little sympathy to waste upon young men
who. get their education by forced loans
from relatives. He says to an earnest
young fellow who wants an education, but
cannot afford to pay tor it: The way of
the world now is for you to look about and
see who will help you TO get it. This is
not the right way. Look about and see
what you can do to help yourself. Grind
your own AK. Support yourselfby honor
able industry, and earn your bread while
you improve the odds and ends in study
When you get something ahead, use it to
support yourself while you learn. Ten
Thousand men are now serving their gen
GRAFTON with usefulness and honor who
never asked anybody to grind an AK for
them" This is sensible advive. The young
men of this country, as a rule are helped
altogether too much If they have the
right stuff in them, they can get the educa-
tion which they need without begging and
borrowing
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

took upon herself the labor of elevating
the much abused AS well as despised vO-
cation of housework-upOn which the com
fort of every home depends-to fine art
was public benelactOr.
Miss Cartons friends all listened and
laughed, and then went on with their
senseless and malicious TRADE She was
heartily glad when her engagements in
New City were ended, and she was not
obliged to move in such select society,
whose ideas were always mere echo of
opinions-no no matter how trivial and fool
ish-whieh had been expressed by few
of its more wealthy members.
Mrs. DR.. Forbes, nee Miss Carlton, had
heard very little about New City society
for five years. But having occasion to
pass through the place on the cars lately
she treated herself to little gossipy chat
with the conductor, whom she had known
as New City gallant.
There is no particular news; Mrs.
Forbes said he, unless it is the en-
gagcment of Helena Mills to young Law
yer Bartlett, son of Col. James BHrtlett,
YOU remember, owner of the big corner
art store. A capital choice the youn Q
squire has made, too Shes as goUdas gold
and everybody says she's the best girl in
the city. She's perfect lady, wthal,
and treats everybody we'll. Not Il bit of
nonsense or sholdy about her. Why,
bless you, Mrs. Forbes, when her father
failed in u, she took entire charge of the
family, and she has managed the house
auar cinpa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

Every night the streets of Paris are
swept, but not until they have first yielded
Il harvest to collectors, whom nothing
escapes, be it leaves from the trees for
compost, stray pins to be stuck on papers
and sold to the poor, cigar stubs to he
chopped up for smoking tobacco. bread
crusts to be dried and ground for cooking
purposes, hair combings to be assorted at
hair dressers. while bones rags, old tin
and iron. paper and cinders, all go into
the bag, Many of the collectors manage
to derive such profits from their labor that
not unfrequently the ragpcker's daughter
receives "a dot that makes her husbands
eve twinkle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27
A Band Of Hope is sustained at Essex
Junction, and also one at Hinesburgh.

A Band Of Hope is sustained at Essex
Junction, and also one at Hinesburgh.
The Band Of Hope of Burlington num-
bers over one hundred and twenty-five
members. Miss Colman's new book,
" Alcohol and Hygiene" and Sewall's
stomach plates, showing the effect of
alcohol on the stomach, are used for the
instruction of the children.
A woman's Christian temperance nnion
has been organized at Winooski during
the winter. At Richmond union has
lately been formed of twelve members.
Both these societies have begun with the
determination to work for the advance
ment Of the temperance reform.
Miss Frances E. Willard president of
the womans national Christian temper
ance union, aided by Mrs Georgia Hulse
Mcleod of Baltimore, are organizing
auxiiaries in the leading southern cities.
They meet with the hearty interest and
co operation Of the best classes of thor
oughly southern people. They recently
organized an auxiliary union of two hun
dred and twenty-seven members ut Will
mngton, North Carolina
The executive committee of the woman's
Christian temperance union of Vermont
take pleasure in saving to the ladies and
gentlemen Of the state that they have
entrusted Mrs. E. A. Sturtevant OF Mid
dlebury, state organizer, with the intro
ducing Of the work of the union to the
attention of the various towns throughout
the state, hoping thereby to enlist the
sympathy and cooperation of all To the
pastors of churches we Introduce her,
asking their kind assistance in bringing
the work before the ladies oftheir churches;
to the dear sisters desiring them to Join us
in our effort to upbuild Christ's kingdom;
to the public, asking their kind and
thoughtful consideration of the subject as
presented by Mrs. Sturtevant.
ANNA G. PARK, President.
Mrs. f. G. GREENE, Secretary.
Mrs. s. STORY, Asst Secretary
Mrs. S. G. COLE, Treasurer.
Mrs. E. B. LUND. Auditor.
Those desiring to arrange meetings for
the presentation of the work please confer
with Mrs. Sturtevant.
Collection, for expenses of state union
in the work, expected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27
What a Big Man am l!

Tommy Stiles lived on farm, and went
to the district school. He was Il bright
hoy, and always learned his lessons we'll.
But he liked b st to hear the older children
recite. lie was fond of history. He liked
to hear of wars, and the brave deeds of
soldiers. One fine June day Tommy
thought he would play soldier himself, and
90 to war. He put on an old red vest
which his father wore in the brass band.
His mother made him paper soldier-cap,
with plumes He had II wooden gun,
tin sword. and II small drum.
Fhcre was no other boy there to play
with him, and so he made believe he
was the whole army. lie was Captain
Thomas. and Tommy the drummer boy,
and rom the sOdler-and all three We're
the army. Then Captain Thomas said,
Forward. march = and waved his sword.
Tom shuuldred his gun. Tommy beat the
drum but this was not easy, for Toms
gun and Captain Thomas's sword were in
the way. Then the army marched to the
field behind the barn. Up and down it
filed, back and forth, now quick, now slow
Indeed, now and then 1t hopped! Captain
rhomls had to cali out to Tom pretty often
to keep step But there was no fault to
find with Tommy. lie drummed SO hard
that he scared the hens and sheep. All
went we'll, only for one thing, Once Tom
ran so fast that he tumbled down, and
bumped the army's nose against stone
Then Captain Thomas WIS angry, and
scolded poor Tom well, Gun tell you.
AT last II grand charge was made. The
army raced after Spot, the calf, and thump-
ed the drum and shook the sword, and
threw stones. (rhis was firing the gun }
Poor SPOT was put to flight lie ran of
up the hill, with his heels and tail flying
wildly in the air,
Then the army marched back to the
garden fence, and Captain Thomas made
Il speech. Soldiers" said he, " we have
whipped the whole world, and it has run
away. did it with my sword. Now |
must be the king"
Just then TriX, the gray goose, stretched
her neck through the fence and bit Tommy
on the leg, The captain, the drummer,
and the whole army raised Il loud yell,
while rriX hssed tiercely. Then down
went the drum and the gun and the sword.
The army limped off rs fast us it could to
the kitchen. Had you seen Captain Thorn
as soon after, sobbing on his mothers lap,
you would not have dreamed he was the
little mau who had just " whipped the
whole world"
NoTICE.-Do not boast of what you have
not done. Some old gray goose may hear
you.-Our Little ones.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

COOP MORNING, Don't forget to say
" good morning. Say it to your parents.
your brothers and sisters, your school
mates, your teachers-and say it cheerfully
and with smile; it will do you good and
do your friends good. There's "a kind Of
inspiration in every good morning
heartily spoken, that helps to make hope
fresher and work lighter. 1t seems really
to make the morning good and to be a
prophecy of good day to come after it.
And if this be true the good morning. y
it is so also of kind, heartsome greetings
They cheer the discouraged, rest the tired
one, somehow make the wheels of life run
more smoothly. BE liberal with them
then, and let no morning pass, however
dark and gloomy it may be, that you dc
not help at least to brighten by your smile'
and cheerful words. .--Seiected
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

edge a physical strength and moral pur-
pose greater than her own.
Between Leeds and Braithwaite Hall
there have been for many years gigantic
iron works The mills and railways on
the West Riding know them WE'LL their
work is famous for its excellence, for the
master is practical machinist, AMI over
sees every detail. The profits are enor
nous, and Stephen Glskill, their proprietor,
is also the well beloved and respected mas
ter of Braihwaile Hall and of Braithwaite
Halls mistress.-EHgliSh Magazine.
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TRUE STORY OF MOTHER HUBBARD IN
1851


BY MRS. KATE rANNArT WOOD.
Dame Hubbard lived In brown-stoue house
With windows of French pate-glass,
And she kept dog, aud wonderful cat,
But never a lad or lass.
The doggie was frowsy, wheezy and old;
The cat was as fat as pig;
And neither the cat or the wheezy old dog
Would think of dancing a Jig
One day Mother Hubbard went out for a drive
with her neighbor, Grandmother Grey;
The two old ladies' wore gowns of silk,
Aud kerchefs from Bombay.
Their hair was pulled, their bonnets in style.
Aud their c1achman dressed so gay
The boys aud girls all stopped and stared
As tley drove along that day.
Now old Mother Hubbard said to her friend.
Let us lunch am hungry aud cold ~
So they drove to a place where the best of cooks
Served ladies with daintes untold.
There they sat and chatted. as ladies will,
About their darling pets;
Mother Hubbard said, Pussy WAS quite unwell;
Mother Grey expressed " regrets"
Poor little dear :" said Grandmother Grey;
My parrot is poorly tool
But what comfort it is dear friend.
To sympathize here with you J"
Mother Hubbard she sighed, and wiped her eyes;
" greve as you may suppose,
For my darling dog has the asthma now,
And the cat has "a wart on her nose.
And | am so anxious. whenever I'm out
unlock the telephone,
So the nurse can call the doctor at once
If either dear pet should moan.
My cat she sips her milk through straw:
And my dog has pounda day
Of tine choicest cuts from the market-man,
Which he eats in the daintiest way.
And only think the dear little pet
Is nervous aud restless at night,
So he has three beds Of velvet and fur,
And we always burn bright light;
'When he tires of one he goes to the next,
Or cries to be carried, you know:
And he often wakens me out of my sleep
To tell where he wants to 20,
Ah they're wise little pets" !" Mother Hubbard SAID
My cat ioW have bakers bread,
Her basket is lined with satin fine
And the lace on her pillow is thread"
And my dear little Polly, said Grandma Grey
" 1t would greve you much to hear
Her cry when the children run about,
They disturb her so, poor dear
told my daughter the children must keep
ont of sight-yes out of her way;
Children about, You know, every where,
While parrots not found every day )"
That is true, my good friend" Mother Hubbard the
said;
but come, let us 20 and see
If that stupid maid has all complete
Pets blanket she's pointing for me.
" He has only SIX now, poor little dear
Some are done in embroidery fine
Some are made OF velvet and some of plush,
For this precious dog of mine"
Now these sober old ladies' went out once more
TO drive in the park it is said;
And on the front seat sat wheezy dog
With blanket of snowy red
And close by his side, in basket gay,
Was pussy glossy and meek:
A poor boy said that the rug on her back
Would buy him food for week
Now this is the story, and quite as queer,
| If you see it as some folks do,
As the old, old one with lively dog,
Which never half SO true.
"A prH Fide Aloahe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

THE BILLIARDS. IN MINNEsOTA.-To say
nothing of the forty snow storms, begin
ming with the blizz lrd of October 10Th and
10Th, we now see no signs of spring except
the increase of the length of days. Mercury
has only few hours at Il time been above
freezing point since November, and snow
is four feet deep on level all over this
part of the state. We have had no railroad
travel since January 10Th. Our nearest
point where II railroad Is open is about six
tv-iive miles east ~ place called SLEEPY
Eye" Coal aud dry wood have been luXu-
ries, but we have had plenty of green
maple from the little belt of timber along
the river west of us. eight or ten miles.
At this time for five years farmers have
been sowing wheat on these prares
Much wheat is yet in stack all over this
part of the state, and some of it will be
ruined fear.
A blizzard is to the other storms what
Niagara is to the fall of any ordinary mill
dam. 1t is grand combination OF storms
"A tornado, whrlwind, cyclone, a pull
verized hail storm, thunderstorm with
the electricity evenly distributed and the
thunder frozen up. The snow. whether it
comes from the clouds above or the drifts
beneath, seems to come from all parts OF
the compass, and is ground into the finest
powder. 1t finds its way into nose, eyes
and ears; it packs the beard and hair; II
beats into the woof of every garment, Sits
through the button holes and in five min.
utes makes II well dressed man look like Il
miller while he feels like frozen snow
ball! Fortunately blizzards are not of com
mon occurrence and never experienced n
the east. They belong exclusively to the
great northwest. There was one here s1
years ago compared with which the storms
of the present winter have been only gentle
zephyrs!- Rec. S. j. Rogers, horShdH
Lyon county, Ninn., March u, 1881.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27


yheu Lord Lindsay was travelling in Egypt
ma mummy tne ,'i7o' o'lp'''u VI Nuion SUI
j u 1t was wv" 'lo'Sanu years oiu
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stanzas wsr,. s,i rasteIby tnis ,nterestin2 /
ntI
Two thpnsind years afo' mower
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Before the Savior came tn earth,
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Suns rose and set, years came and went,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

DON'T BE AFRAID OF WORK.-Don't be
afraid OF killing yourself with overwork,
son. Men seldom work so hard as that
on the sunny side of thirty. They die
sometimes: but it is because they quit
work ut p M. and don't get home
until 2 A. NJ. It's the intervals that
kill. my son. The work gives an appe-
tite for your meals it lends solidity to
your slumber; it gives you II perfect and
grateful appreciation of holiday. There
are young men who do not work, my SON
Young men who make living by sucking
the end of u cane, and who can tie a
neck tis in eleven different knots and
never lay wrinkle in it; who can spend
more money in IA day than you can earn
in month, son; and who will 60 to the
sherff's to buy postal card, and apply at
the office of the street commissioners for a
marriage license. So find out what you
want to be and to do, son, and take off
your coat and make success in the world.
The buster you are, the less evil you will
be apt to get into, the sweeter will be yoss
sleep, the brighter and happier your holt-
day. and the better satisfied will the world
be with you. - Burlington HuVkeue.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27
temperance.
COAL Is so DEAR, AND RUN 50 CHEAP.

COAL IL so DEAR, AND RUN 80 CHEAP.
PICTURE FROM REAL LIFE.
In yonder gutter he lies asleep:
God pity his wretched children aud Wife
Coal is 40 dear and rum so cheap
The comfort and curse Of daily life.
His little household may shiver aud freeze,
Goals are " black diamonds" indeed to.iays
But the price of the poorest basket Of these
For goodly bottle Of rum will pay
So what cares he, with hts brain ahame
From fumes that frenzy and drauEhts that k2
His reason dazed. he's lost to shame
And clings to the bottle through ev'ry i'll!
Let the wretch lie in his drunken sleep,
To his wife aud children ope your door;
Coal is 50 dear and rum so cheap
Hard is the lot Of the honest poor.
-S,Lscfed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

II had another life to live. and two
thousand letters to write again. with Gods
help l would not hurt the feelings of the
humblest Of all Gods creatures. honestly
trying to do good. He might be as big as
Daniel Lambert, and would not call him
fat and unctious; he might be as lean as
Calvin Edison, and would not call him
bag of bones. would count each day as
lost on which had not made some hearts
gladder than they were in the morning;
on which I had not plucksd up some
thorns or planted some flowers on thel path
Of human life,-Dr. Prime "a
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

A CURE FOR SLEEPLESsNEss.- The fol-
lowing is recommended as II cure for sleep.
lessness: "Wet half towel, apply it to
the back of the neck, pressing it upward
toward the base of the brain, and fasten
the dry half of the towel over so as to pre-
vent the too rapid exhalation. The effect
is prompt and charming, cooling the BRAIN
and inducing calmer, sweeter sleep than
any narcotic Warm water may be used
though most persons prefer cold 10
those suffering from over excitement OF
the brain, whether the result OF brain
work or pressing anxiety, this simple re-
medy is I'm especial boon"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

The OBELIsK's SoLTLooUY -" Why
was born? and why did | ever consent
to leave my own dear native land of
Egypt What a beastly and Internal
climate Hot, cold, wet, dry-everything
by turns and nothing long, like the temper
of Cleopatra when used to see her drv-
ing Mark Anthony half ont of his head
with her whmsies. In all my three
thousand years experience of my own
country never saw "a day like this.
shall have to buy an ulster. My very
heart is soaked with water, and my back
aches with rheumatism. By all the gods
ut once. Isis and Osiris down to the little
gods whose names can't think of with
this abominable cold in my pyramdion,
wish hadn't consented to take this trip.
That Yankee commander, Gorringe has
fooled me to death. | haven't seen II
glimpse of the sun for weeks. In old
Heliopolis | was warm all the time. Here
I'll have to have an umbrella and pair
of arctics to survive the winter. What a
fate! to leave my native Nile mud and
cloudless skies to go to pieces in such
spot rs this By the bones of the Phar-
aohs, I'd rather be IL mummy, Vanished,
stuffed with cloves and shelved in the
great pyramid than to stand up here to be
stared at by school girls and thin women
in spectaces. used to see donkeys
enough in Alexandria, but see more of
'em here only they are a little differently
built Great Cesar. what is that on the
back of my neck? A chunk of ice, MS I'm
"A hoary old sinner Well, may the gods
come to my rescue, OF I'm done for. Oh
Memnon, what pain in my back If |
didn't hate puns | should say this was
anything but Luxurious place to live in.
Wish had bed of hot sand to die on
Oh, oh! h!''-NeW York Graphic.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

SCRIPTURE RECTTATToNs-The drunk
ard described-Prov. 4:17; Psa. 10Y: "a;
Prov. 90: "a, 35.
Abstinence divine requisition for a
bishop-I. Timothy 3:3; Titus III. 8.
Why should ministers and bishops he
abstainersP-Lev. 10: 10, IL; James 4; II.
Injunction to omagistrates-Pro 81: (, 5;
Eccl 10:1 II.
Is sobriety commsnded?-T. Thess. 5: 6
and 8; I. Peter Al.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-27

"The Catskil Fairies is the title Of II
book lately issued by the harpers. We
had noticed a strange dearth of fairies late
ly in our wandering through the woods.
but never dreamed that the cats had killed
them all off Cats are not nearly SO nice
as fairies, and the oats must go. Sunday
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