Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-06

A litlle GIL, oil two and a half years,
picked upa cane in the corner of the
room and was playing with it-a plain
stick bent at the end. Papa asked.
"What are you doing with tho cane?"
1T isn't a cane" What il it lhen?'
ITS IN umbrella withoutauy clothes on"
People who poke fun at the blue laws Of
Connecticut are invited by the Hartford
COurdht 10 consider tho fact that in the
year of grace 1882 the general assembly
of the free church of Scotland and moved
to issue deliverance against the sin of
" admiring the works of nature on the
Sabbath day
Southern newspapers report that "A man
in Florida has produced a now variety of
cotton by budding the cotton plant on the
okra, which grows wild in great abundance
in that state. There is but one boil on
the plant, but is larger than an ordinary
cocoanut, and contains at maturity two
pounds Of pure lint, while there are no
seeds in it, and therefore will not require
ginning.
A dispatch in one of the Chicago papers
announces that man has been wounded
by bicycle. IT any weapon of warfare
has been invented by which bicycles c,n
be shot at an enemy Il will be "A sweet
boon to the country, though the riders
should be dismounted and shot out Of Il
separate gun Il would be m interesting
sight in the hospitals during the next
month to see the doctors rroping man 10
remove bicycle.
A curious fact in connection wi.h in
Simultaneous photography has lately been
noticed In the photograph of vehicle
drawn by a trotting horse, all the parts
are very distinctly shown except the
wheels, which are less distinct in their
upper part than in their lower. The
reason is the mathematical one that the
spokes OF a wheel have much greater
velocity when at the upper part than
when the cXtremities are near the ground.
Professional etiquette is strictly insisted
on at the Belgian bIr. At therecent session
of the appellate court at Brussels young
advocate who was about to address he
Judge was interrupted by the presiding
magistrate with the remark that it was
q violation of precedent and propriety for
counsel to appear before the court with
a moustache. II was under the impress
ion, replied the advocate, "that my nous
tache was of such microscopic magnitude
as not to be likely to attract the attention
of the court" at is not question of
quantity said the magistrate, "but one
of the principle" Somewhat afraid Of
giving offence, and reluctant to have the
interest of his client prejudiced, the young
lawyer suggested adjournment of Re
hearing to enable him TO betake himself
to a barber; but the barber replied that
that was not necessary. His remarks
were intended for consideration on future
occasions.
A scientific writer says that the oldest
of all defensive methods employed by an
imals is that of swapping off the tail. The
blind worm, or slow worm, is little snake
like lizard common in the O,d World.
When alarmed it contracts its muscles in
such manner and degree as to break its
tail off at n considerable distance from the
end. But how can this aid itp The detach
cd tail then dances about very lively, hold
ing the attention of the Offenders, while
the lizard himself sinks away. And for a
considerable time the tail retains its capa.
bility of twisting and jumping every time
it is struck. The lizard will then grow
another tail, so as TO be prepared for an
other adventure.
The burning oil we'll In Wasl ington
county Pa, l6 miles from Bethlehem, is
said to be a grand sight. The well was
bored by the Niagara Oil Company, and
at Il depth Of 25O0 feet from the surface a
vast reservoir of gas was struck and com
PEELED a suspension of work by blowing
the tools clear out of the shaft. The es
cape of gas was so immense that it po'.
oned the atmosphere, and as stock and
vegetation suffered, pipe was laid from
the well up a hillside. and then light
applied, Ever since February the gas has
continued TO burn in unabsted violence,
and The supply seems unexhaustable. A,
night the spectacle is, indeed, grand The
column of fire is about so feet high, and
from ) to 10 feet thick, while the roaring
that accompanies it can be compared to q
fleet of steamboats, all blowing off Stelm
! at once