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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

When father and mother have their life
and friends quite apart from those of their
children, wnrn tn BOYS are in "A hurry to
the Urls prefer any place to their home,
the home is in a dangerous state. It
should be more than tour walls. more
lhan roof, "a shelter from the storm, and
a place to eat and sleep in, and if it be
only those, and nothing more, it has failed
IN its mission.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

, tronomer, if he fancies himself the worlds
surgeon, may study the effects of a mula
dy that no surgeon could cure. Even
worlds and suns, like men and women,
grow old and die, but unlike men and
women, they have no grave but the open
and boundless heaven.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUsING.-A simple
magic lantern, from the construction and
use of which a good deal of instruction and
amusement may be derived during unem
ployed evenings is described in the .Scie,s.
ttfc american. A small box, kerosene
with an argand burner, a little fish globe
filled with pure water, and a common
double or piano convex lens are all the
materials necessary to make it. A hole is
bored in the top of the box to permit the
chimney of the lamp to pass through, and
allow the heat and products of combustion
to escape. In the side of the box round
hole is cut large enough to admit portion
of the globe, which is suspended inside the
box close to the lamp. A piece of com
mon window glass is then moistened with
a strong solution of soda, and placed on a
stand or clip so that the light from the
lamp will be focused upon it by the globe.
The image of glass will thus be thrown
upon screen when the lens is properly
adjusted The formation of the crystals
of the sulphate of soda will be seen clearly
on the screen, and appear like the magical
growth of forest. Any ingenious family
can readily devise great number of in
teresting experiments with this inexpcn-
sive lantern.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

10 the Christian, whose life has been
dark with brooding cares that would not
III themselves, and on whom chill;n,,
rains OF sorrow have fallen NJ inte-vais
through all his Years, death is hut the
clearing up shower; and Just behind il are
the songs of the angels. and The seron;tv
and glory of Heaven.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

Some little girls in BROOKLYN Sunday
School were studying the history of David.
the passage for The day being that which
Describes the shepherd boys victory over
Gollath. The teacher asked the question.
Now can any of you little girls tell me
who killed the giant2' Quick as thoucbt
one of the smallest responded, Jack >
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

toI one square oi l. lines less q Aaafe tyne opa
Ir,is ~. l'f ttrh subsequent iuserton 25 cts
i.l-1 tur NUMBER % Insertions are usrk41 m +bs
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Using by the year. ' ''l7ls ai'ef
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19
FFobaie aud Commissioners Notices. slol

t,r Nptices Of Liberation. Estrars the F,rrr,,t,,
- oi ,a-Iari nerslii7 etc an b each ~
company the letter ~ Ni'l4eS must Ae-
t i, m h iirNs columns - cents per line each nser.
'iol "''L A1 CHARGES made Of less than 81 cent 1
NoieS 9i Deaths and Marriages Inserted ,ratis Dan,
extended obituary Notices IL II efr MI ~ 4ti- 1ut
the rate ui cents per linz ' VIII "e 'laiEed al
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

Yesterday morning there was standino
on the sidewalk in front of the Fulton
market "a barre, abou. two.tbirds fnll of
oysters. Among them there was good
sized clam which got in probably by mis-
take About an hour before DAYLIGHT a
large rat wandering around investigating
things about the market, and finally in.
vaded the interior Of the oyster barrel.
The clam evidently did not relish his COM
pany aud opened wide It's shell. Presently
his II tship stepped into the trap and the
clam suddenly closed his shell holding the
rat An unwilling prisoner. He remained
a prisoner until the porter arrived and
put an end to his career. The odd spec
tacle greatly amused number of vegeta.
pie men who witnessed the scene. -Troy
Telegram, Oct. 10.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-19

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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
The Pleasures Of Business.

No human mind is contented without
occupation. No human soul is satisfied
without an aim or purpose in life. The
greatest success in life consists not in the
mere accumulation of riches, but in be-
ing able to acquire wealth with a dispo-
sition to apply it in such manner that
it shall be a comfort. and blessing to
others-not in the mere giving away of
money, but in putting people in a way
to labor and help themselves. There
is no pleasure in oppression. There is
no joy in grinding and exacting gold
from the poor; but there is great deal
of genuine satisfaction in being able to
offer steady and honorable employment
to the many willing hands that have
nothing to do. One of the greatest en-
joyments of the prosperous business man
consists in being able to comfortably
provide for the many employees in his
house or mandatory. In doing this
he is fulfilling his obligations to socie-
ty; he becomes a useful and honored
citizen; business to him is a real pleas
ure; he enjoys his successes, when they
are fairly won because he feels that he
deserves them.
When business man has the right
kind of purpose in life he enjoys his
occupation, he feels just and worthy
pride in his prosperity, he is pleased
with the respect and gratitude Of those
whom he directs and controls in the
management of his affairs, and he feels
that in beneftting himself he is confer
ing favor upon others Criterion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
a Criticism.

Henry Hazard calls Scheffer ''that
great and sombre painter" and says he
might have been an artist of the robust
type, but while Cuyp, Boil, and Mass
dwelt in their own country, in vidid,
brightly tinted Holland, and summed
themselves in its scintillating light,
Schefer went to another country, to see
other sights, to become the interpreter
of other inspirations. An unfinished por-
trait, which belongs to the museum at
Dordrecht, shows us what he, might
have been. Never was there head
more boldly drawn, more finely model
ed, more purely colored, painted with
more mastery breadth and freedom
Only Frans Halls could have equalled it
in vigor, life, and expression. 1t is be-
cause that head is all made of impress
sions and sensations, that it is SO power
full and SO beautiful; it is because the
painter had not time to finish it, to sub
stitute sickly Interpretation for his first
fresh and vivid inspiration, to efface its
pristine vigor by touches which should
make it .haggard, pale, and meagre,
more poetical in short, according to his
notions of poetry, He had not leisure
for this once to produce dealism, and
so he simply produced a true and fine
painting. This beautiful and exception
alwork is the most interesting picture
in the bort Museum. Boston Herald.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
"A Voracious Eater.
London TELEGRAPH.

A remarkable feat of eating and
drinking against time is reported by the
Hungarian press, and said to have been
performed by youthful Magyaher re-
siding in Grosswardlen. This surpass-
ing trenchman laid wager, and is said
to have won it with several minutes and
an omelette to spare, that he would be-
tween the hours of $50 P. M. and mid
night, devour the following comestibles,
it being clearly understood that there
should be full portion of each dish in
succession, any two of which portions
may be estimated as constituting a
hearty meal for full-grown adult bless
ed by nature with a lively appetite:
Roast beef with paprika sauce and po-
tatoes;- a Viennese veal outlet with peas;
fillet of veal with dumplings; grilled
pork and pumpkins; half fowl fried
in batter; bubble and squeak; beef
steak with poached eggs; fried calves
liver; calves brains and kidneys;
picked veal; stewed beef; a broiled
goose liver, and fricasseed fowl with
carrots. He not only contrived to stow
away all the articles enumerated in this
comprehensive menu, washing them
down with two quarts Of beer, four bot
ties of old wine, and three of aerated
water; but when he had cleared the last
of his appointed dishes-the clock-dial
then marking ten minutes to 12-he
asked for three-egg omelette, which
vanished down his throat before the
hour struck.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
Changes of Flour in Becoming Bread

In popular use, says Prof. Horsford,
we employ the word ''bread'' to qualify
loaves which are served in slices. The
rolls are much smaller. Both consist
alike of crumb and crust. The crumb
is made of multitude of cells of thin
walls containing carbonic acid gas, the
product of fermentation in the dough.
These walls of the cell contain both glu-
ten and starch and traces of dextrine
and sugar. AS a consequence Of the
treatment Of water and application of
heat, the starch grains. which in their
normal condition are little sacs filled
with minute granules Of starch proper,
have been swollen and burst. Starch
similarly treated by itself, as in the pre-
.paration for stifening linen in the laun-
dry. when dried in a thin layer upon
glass plate, for example, is transparent,
and presents a glazed surface. When
this glazed material is removed with a
knife blade, it is seen to be stiff and
horny. The gluten which is mixed with
it in the .crumb of bread and which may
be conceived to be continuous however
thin throughout the wall of the cell, has
been by the process of baking, deny
drafted; that is the heat to which it has
been subjected has driven out a certain
amount of water which chemically
sustains the same relation to the gluten
from which it has been expelled that the
water expelled by heat from alum crys-
tails sustains to the original body Of alum.
On drying, it abstracts the water from
the starch with which it is coated orinti-
mately mixed, as the roasted alum alb
serbs the water that is sprinkled upon it.
The, starch by this process being dried
and stifened, gives its support to the
walls of the cell, and renders the texture
of the stale loaf more frme than that Of
+ the fresh loaf. al ais we
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
4 What Not to XIII.

The French Minister of Finance has
done good deed in causing a placard
to be posted which it would be wise for
citizens of all countries to have before
their eyes. 1t tells farmers, sportsmen
and boys and others what creatures
heretofore by multitude of ignorant
people considered to be pests to be abat-
ed-not to kill, as follows:
Hedge-hog-Lives mostly on mice,
small rodents, slugs and grubs- animals
hurtful to agriculture. Don't kill the
hedgehog. auasi ant
Toad assistant, he destroys
from 90 to 80 insects per hour. Don't
kill the toad.
Mole-It is continually destroying
grubs, Larvae, palmer worms and insects
injurious to agriculture. No trace of
vegetation is found in its stomach
Don't kill the mole. a,.,u ~ .esir,.
Birds Each department loses several
millions annually through. insects
Birds are the only enemy able to con-
tend against them vigorously. They
are the great caterpillar-killers and ag-
ricultural assistants. Children, don't
disturb their nests.
Lady-Bird-Never destroy, for they
are the best friends of farmers and hor-
ticulturists, and their presence upon
asphis-riddenn plants is beneficial.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
Sound Maxins.

Attend carefully to details of your
business!
Be prompt in all things! -
Consider well, then decide!
Dare to do right! Fear to do wrong!
Endure trials patiently!
Fight LIES battle bravely, manfully!
Go not in the society of the vicious!
Hold integrity sacred!
Injure not another's reputation or
business!
Join hands only with the virtuous!
Keep your mind from evil thoughts!
Lie not for any consideration!
Make few acquaintance!
Never try to appear what you are
not!
Pay your debts promptly!
Question not the veracity of a friend!
Respect the counsel of your parents!
Sacrifice money rather than princi-
pie!
Touch not, taste not, handle not in
toxicating drinks!
Use your leisure time for improve
ment! fr@
Venture not upon the threshold of
wrong!
Watch carefully over your passions!
'Atend to every one a kindly saluta-
ton!
Yield not to discouragements!
Jealousy labor for the right!
& success is certain!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
The Family Rudder.

A comstocker who was having his
hair cut not long since gave, relates an
American contemporary, the barber
particular instruction not to remove q
long lock that projected in somewhat
unsightly way from the front of his
head. ''It doesn't become you," said
the barber. Cant help that said the
customer. Better let me take it off,
said the barber. ''Just you leave it as
it isl said the man. But" persisted
the barber, Il can't give you smooth,
decent cut if l leave the hair so long in
in front. It will look like the very
deuce. / can't see what you want it
left there for 'That's because you
don't know what it is-you don't know
the use of it, II know it's bunch of
hair, and know that it's deuced unbe-
coming Just where it isl Eyes; it is
bunch of hair-and it is something more
than a bunch of hair. It's the family
rudder." 1.-The family what:?' The
family rudder. When things don't go
right at home. my wife always grabs
hold of that lock of hair. She would
feel lost without it. When she gets hold
of that, she can handle me-steer me in
the right course, 50 to speak-and
when 90 in the right course the whole
family 60 in the right course, and all is
well. I've got used to it now and don't
mind it. Should l lose my hair and be-
come bald, or should you give me a
fighting cut all over, there would be no
way of steering me; should become
unmanageable, and sooner or later a
total wreck. No, sir; don't you disturb
the family rudder."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
INDUCED. . ohsv.

~ 1
II never tried to chew tobacco but
once" remarked the Rev Mr.. Bodwell
II shall never forget the circumstance y
Tell us about It, - remarked q young
lady, who, few moments before, had
been baptized by the rev'd gentleman.
was avery small boy at the time,
and was a great favorite of Daniel, a
colored man, owned by my father. l
used to 60 out to Dams cabin at night
and listen to his ghost stories until /
was afraid to cross the yard to the great
house, as the negroes termed our resi-
dence. One night, when the wind scat
tered the snowfakes around the old
cabin, and while several large sweet
potatoes roasted in the fire, l sat with
old Daniel. No one who has been
raised among colored people can forget
the comfort of sitting around the cabin
fire. The old spinning-wheel, the ham,
per baskets in the corner, the red bed
steads, and the dug-out cradle, all come
back and defy the influence Of glowing
future and soft rugs. Dan was strik-
inglv communicative on the night in
question. We had killed hogs that day,
and the truth is, old Dan had been
drinking.
"'Tom,' remarked the old man, yer
dom chaw terbarker, does yer?'
"'No, sir
"'Dat's a pity. A boy who doesn't
chaw terbarker never will be a man.
III bet you can't spit ober dat back log.
Try it
II tried, and failed sigaally."'
CEDAR, now. Doan yer know dat a
boy what can't spit will never be man?
Haben' yer noticed how aman can spit?'
"'Yes, sir
"'Wall, heah, take dis, and he cut me
a piece of tobacco from large twist
"'Smack dat in yer mout, an chaw
while de taters is roastin'.'
II obeyed, and in few moments
could spit like man.
"'Cum down on it, savage he said.
Hit hard. Watch me- and he chewed
vigorously. The fire grew excessively
warm. I looked around, and the ham
per baskets seemed to be tumbling over
each other.
.''Doan spit it out Hit savage. Chew
hard. De victory is in sight. Is yer
sick?''
"'No, sir; but-but-.' I had eaten
a hearty supper, but within three min
utes from the time I threw out the to-
bacco was as empty as one Of the
hamper baskets, and as timber as the
spinning-wheel band. Dan spread a
blanket on the floor, and, as I dozed off
to sleep, heard him blowing the ashes
from the potatoes. I never have taken
another chew
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
Antiquity at Table.
Tinsley's Magazine.


With the Empire began that epoch
of splendid gluttony which. has no par
allel. The history of the Caesars, with
some exceptions, is narrative of a
continual orgie. Take the notorious
group at random-C ommodus, Caligu-
Ia, Tiberius, Verus, Vitellius, Nero,
Heliogabalus, Domitian. These men
spent their lives in . round of mon
strous debaucheries. The day and the
night, we are assured, were not long
enough for their revels. Verus, the
first to increase the number of guests
from nine to twelve, prolonged his sup
pers throughout the night. Nero sat at
table from midday to midnight. Tibe-
RUS spent two days and night at the
festive board, They had huge appe-
tites-not only the gigantic Macmillan,
who devoured forty pounds of flesh
meat and drank five gallons of wine at
meal, but finical dandies like Commo-
d1ls, who ate even in the bath; Vitel-
Illus, who ceased eating only while he
slept; Domitian, who ate tout of his
hand'' to stay his stomach in the inter-
walls of regular repast. Heliogabalus,
was, perhaps, the most elaborate, Vi
tellius the most extravaganza in his daily
fare. The latter squandered in seven
months seven millions sterling, chiefly
on his table. The total staggers belief;
but let us examine the figures on the
other side. The Roman epicure is re-
ported to have paid Eos or so for a
mullet; a brace of pigeons cost Fl 12s.
At an entertainment given to Vitellius
by his brother, two thousand of the
rarest fish and seven thousand of the
most curious birds were served up
One individual spent Is, 900 on a single
dish, made of the tongues Of the costli-
est singing birds. The Roman bon
rfcant, supping on the brains of pea
cocks and pheasants, the tongues of
nightingales and the roes of the most
delicate fishes swallowed thousands of
pounds at a meal; and we need only
multiply the individual expense by the
number of the guests to form the notion
of the cost of high-class dinner in the
days of the Caesars. A supper in the
Apollo meant couple Of thousand
pounds thrown to the ,purveyors. But
the Emperors were certainly the most
reckless in the profigacies Of the table.
Seneca and Tacitus are among the au-
thorities that tell US that Heliogabalus
spent $1,000 on one supper; that Ne
no, master of "the House of Cold" ate
dish that cost over ESQ, 600, and drank
bumper still more precious. It is as
serted further that the Emperor Verus
treated twelve friends. to feast which
cost f46, 900; and Seneca is responsible
for the statement that Caligula spent
ESQ, 700 on supper. : .Fr- e ios
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

r . Z r.H -
The United States census of 1910,
which was heffrst one where elements
other than that of population were in
troduced shows "a wooden factories
that spun yarn, and 9,258, 269 yards of
WOODEN cloth woven in families, valued
at 81, 413,000.e In 1860 wooden estab-
lishments had increased to 1920, en-
ploying $4,000 work people Of various
grades, and producing goods valued at
SCI, 300, 900 annually. The demand for
blankets and clothing for the soldiers
during the rebellion caused general
advance in prices, and corresponding
increase in factories, SO that in 1870
persons employed in the manufacture
numbered $4,000, who produced goods
valued at SIT, 600, 600. The demand
for wooden fabrics naturally increases
with the population Since 1883 this
country has imported wool, either man
ufactured or in the raw, to the value of
over 81 200, 600, 900, and for the past
four years, in the aggregate, $40, 000,-
900 has been brought in; while the ex-
port has been comparatively trihing.-
In 1875 the total duties on wool and
wooden textures amounted to $50, ga, :
036, which is the largest annual reve-
nue. the government has received on
these articles, with the exception Of the
four years previous to1848. BY this ex-
hilton it will be seen that the WOOL
grower ia the United States meets with
g remunerative reward for his labor. -
In fact, it is another evidence that al
most any legitimate occupation in this
country ''pays'' when properly attend
ed dom y. Commercial Advertiser.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

.'LooK outr' M W
And the chimpanzee, perceiving from
the corner Of his eye the fearful reptile,
made prodigious leap.
1t was too late; the python had fol
lowed him like dart, and I heard his
bones cracking, when my maid-servant
returning from vespers, opened the door,
asking: ....... ....-.a...,
'a,..Did you call, STRIP
What luck! 1 seemed to feel all the
hairs on my body stand on end, and !
stammered:
Nothing, Jeanette, nothing; ] only
sneezed.' ~ a N1t
.'See, for all that, the emotions to
which a man is exposed in reading Oar
win. .,.lr a4 1861
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
The Fisherman's Wife. :

The wind bloweth mildly; she stands on the
shore;
She shudders to hear it, and will evermore.
The rush of the waves as they rose and they
----- fell,
Evermore to her fancy will sound like a kneil!
ssWhen, mother, dear mother, will father 70.
turn? .-a-.,,l-.,.sss aaH'-'-a-''''7''. - :.
His supper is ready, the sticks brightly burn
His chair is beside them, with dry shoes and
coat, i - A ~
I'm longing to kiss him,-oh, where is the boat?
"why does he not come with his fish on his
He must want his supper,-he con not be
warm,
I'll stroke his cold cheek, with his wet hair
III play;
Iwant SO to kiss him,-oh, why does he stay?"
Embedding the voice of that prattler, she
stood
To watch the wild war of the tempest and
food;
One little black speck in the distance doth
foat
IT'S her world-'tis her life-'tis her fisher
mans boat.
despair,
She watches his boat with wild, CLASSY
stare;
Ali tits hid beneath torrents of silvery spray!
All! it's buried mid chasms that yawn for their
prey!
Over mountains of horrible waves it is tost;
It is fart is near-it is safe-it is lost!
The proud waves of ocean, unheeding rush
on,
But alas for the little black speck-it is gone!
OH weep for the fsherman's boat; but weep
more
For the desolate woman that stands on the
shore;
She flies to her home with shrill cry of pain,
To that home where her loved one returns
not again.
All night she sits speeches., her child weep
ing near.
But no sob shakes her bosom, her eye feels no
tear;
In heart broken, motionless, stupid despair.
She sits gazing on-at his coat and his chair.
Hark! click at the latch-a hand opens the
door;
TITS step-her heart leaps-'tis his step on
the moor;
He stands there before her all dripping and
wet,
But his smile and his kiss have warm life in
them yet.
He is here, he is safe, though his boat is
wreck;
He sinks in his chair, while her arms clasp his
neck,
And o sweet little voice in his ear whispers
this,
"Do kiss me, dear father! long for kiss"
From Poems l0rttten for Child"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

It was proposed to erect monument
in the village square to the Father Of
his Country, and old Squire Higgins
was called on for liberal donation
81 can'tgive you anything this time, !"
be said, ''but you may know that al
ways carry Washington in my heart. !"
Well answered the man with the
subscription paper, "all I can say is that
you have got the Father of his Country
in very tight spot''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

The sale and distribution of jefferson
Davis ssRise and Falt of the Confederate
Government" has been slower in the
South than in the North and West.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

The wind bloweth mildly; she stands on the
shore;
She shudders to hear it, and will evermore.
The rush of the waves as they rose and they