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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

A TALK WITH A Pho. O.oGRAPHER.-"
suppose you pnoIogl some OF Tie chill.
dren ofeng
"Oh. yes. Some mothers bring their
children every few mouths. Why, I've
watched II good many children grow up
until they got to be ten or twelve years
old. Then | ve lost sight of lhem until
they've had children OF their own and
br ught them b,ck here. mad curious
experience the other day. A very cheer
fui young married couple came here with
little boy A real nice little fellow he
was, too. Well, they wanted him pholo-
graphed, and Photographic he was without
any trouble. He seemed to take it kind
of seriously, and kept very quiet. When
was through the young man said, |
don suppose you remember us. Well.
looked al them, hut l didn't remember
them. Then he pulled out two photo
graphs, one oi n little boy and one Of 4
little glrl. That's my wife, he said,
'and the other one is my self, and you loIk
them They didn't blame me for not
remembering them. Tiers was taken
twenty years ago and his about twenty
live year back. They never met till a few
years before their marriage. When they
wanted their boy photographed they won
dered if | was still here, and when they
found out Was they were greatly pleased
with the Il ought Of having the boy taken
By me-
81 suppose both the rich and the poor
want their children photographed"
Yes. have some OF the welthest
people in New York for customers, and
then, again, some who have to save up u
long time before they can get baby's pic.
ture. Ouce a poor woman came to me
with torlorn SICK little child, and begged
me to take its picture She said she hadn't
any money. but she'd try and pay me
sometime. looked at the chl'i,and saw
it wasn't long for this world. ! knew that
when it w,ls gone its features would come
ike sunshine into that puor mothers lite,
and took picture for her. Well. sir,
about two months afterward that woman
came to me and paid me with tears in her
eyes. I didn't ask any questions, but just
before she went she said: She's dead,
Mister. My little girl dead. and OIL how
do love ner picture"--Ne'o York Sun.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SCHooL-MAs.
TERI 10 the excessive amnunt Of system
in our Wholesale methods of teaching that
prevents the best results in any depart
ment. The pressure of quantity does not
give the teacher time to mould character.
DR.. Arnold himself could moi have been
DR. Arnold if he had been required by IL
board of education to teach the creates.
possible amount of arithmetic and geogra-
ply within given time. 1t is probable
that DR.. Arnold would have been consid-
cred wanting in the requirements of an
American schOol-ieacher of the present
day. 1t is certain he would have found
himself hopelessly trammeled. as many
An aspiring teacher finds himself trammel-
ed. by the expectations OF his employers.
The teacher who would fain be less of a
machine-who would like TO take time 10
do some thorough training. and to develop
the men and women Of the fu,ure-getS
no opportunity. He must bring the lar.
gest possible crop of arithmetic and geog-
raphy at the end of the year; all his better
work In building character will count for
nothing with the Board" Then there
are hobby-riders. seeking TO drive into the
already overcrowded course some special
study. The arts design arc often use.
ful in business way. therefore drawing
shall be universally exacted Of the pupilsi
Music Is charming at home, therefore the
vocal teacher must have place. In one
considerable city. wealthy merchant 10
the board OF education. who found tele-
gfaphy valuable in hIs own Office, has suc-
ceeded in putting every boy aud girl n
the town to clicking telegraph keys.
But, no matter what Is put into the
course. II Is raro that anything is taken
ont. The suhool-msster finds no place on
which to stand. His individuality Is utter.
IL repressed. He is mere cog.wheel 10
great machine. He sinks down at last
TO the level medlocrity which machines
always produce; be becomes q hearer of
lessons. a marker OF registers, q worker
for examination week. It is not chiefly
his fault that he does not do higher work.
There is hardly space for II, and there i.
no market for it.--"Topics. oFthe Tine
in the February CeataTY.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

o do that" | tried 10 make her under.
stand why had done it. | tried 10 SHOW
ner the superiority 0l Christianity TO othr
religions IN that there was power in it l.,
purify the heart and chs .nge the life. SlI,
asked inc if ala Christians were pure |,
heart and life, and aske d particularly abuu
the people Of this country who embrace
Christianity. The ides. ola reunion wit
our friends in heaven ad never seemed /,
have entered her mind before. and sh,
drank in eagerly all told her of futur
state of existence. She thanked me hearl
lily for what had told her and promised
to think of my words. | told her that |
should ask the Lord to comfort her an,
lead her in the right way, and I hoped t,
meet her in heaven.
Thus ended my week of seed sowing b,
the waysido. have written out thi'
simple account Of it, hoping thereby t,
interest some of my Vermont sisters il
these women that they too may pray for
them.
Noradabad. India, Dec. 90, 1881.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

appalling C RATE OF MORTALITY AMONG
THE SURVIVORS OF SOUTHERN MILITARY
PRISONS The Union Veteran IN II 10
cen' issue gives the following facts. which
cUnvey their own moral: During the triai
Ci Captain Wirtz. in August, 1865, twenty
six Survivors OF Antiersunvile met at the
National hOlri on Pennsy lvana avenue,
Washington D c., and organized the ma
,Iunal union of rebel prison survivors.
THESE twenly.s'x survivors, who were a
lew of the many attending The trial as
witnesses, were young men, the Oldest OF
hem only thirty five years of age, and
apparently hal entirly reuuvered from the
III effects of ardships experienced while
prisoners OF war. Vi these twenty SIX
organizers OF the national union, seventeen
have uied, The whereabouts or fate of four
ot them is unknown, and only five of them
are known to he living. The number of
deaths reported In 1880 averaged l6 2
per cent oil the membership of our associa
tlon--an increace of five per cent over the
death rate of 1879. This appalling deaf
rate. among men who should be in the
prime OF manhood, constitutes the m ost
incontr0verlible evidence that the fearful
prlvalions and hardships suffered in rebel
prisons completely undermined the health
of even the youngest and strongest, and
deeply implanted in their system tho germ
OF. lingering disease and early death"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

a CLERGYMAN'S CANARY.-The Rev
DR. Day Is Iond Of canarlcs, and the ba,
window IN his library is occupied by
large number OF these flvorte sOngstrr,
to some Of which is given the freedom o,
The entire room at times. One of those i,
very much Interested in penmanship, an
black lines left Dy the pm in It's travels. i,
The greatest OF mysteries To the bird. anri
he will follow taS it spins across the plg,
and make frequent ex tminqrions, lirS
with one eye and then win the other ba
can neve" quite understand !; all. aud ate
scratching his hs't! with hl, claw tle WI
follow the line across again. This he VII
keep up by The hour. and il VOL Ild be in
teresIng TO know his IGIghts ON the sub
isct-if cannrrs ever d have rnnnghts.-
From TIC TttasciLe, fFes9 H.rad,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

, lic then comes Gu. and takes the two
.n,t- and pruceeds to sacrifice one, taking
{, b'uod into the Holy of llolies. for tn,
'ns Of the people.
3. Then he confirms the sins of tn,
eoPio IN the bead of the second goat anu
ends it away.
G, High priest changes robes and offers
1uruI Offering for self and for the people
I. Comes forth to the people and pro-
'ouhces the benediction OF pardon and
peace
When he goes into the Holy of Holes
he represents tho people before God
when he comes out he represents God TO
he people.
Mr.. Meredith closed with noticing the
significance of this ceremony. making a
,,rong point Of the ceremony of the scape.
!oat, which, he said, typllied something
more than forgiveness. 1t was the sym Dol
O the separation, "As far us the east is
from The west-so far hath he separated
tNl Sluo iIOln US. DO also ClelCneU tle
great truth that no person could know his
-ins were forgiven till God speaks the
reconciling word. He strongly combated
bat notion, which is IN outgrowth of Ply.
mouthlsm somewhat preached by a certain
class ofevangelists, that you are 10 preach
10 Il sinner that his sins are aIrendy for
nvrn. Mr.. Meredith said you must preach
hal TO neither saint nor sinner. Preach
ha' men ale redeem, d, and that who>o.
VIZ rrpens and heIeves in Christ may
now by the witness of tho Spirit that he
Is parloned and sep ptratei from his sins
Provisional redemption to all, actual to
believers.
The closing thought was, the Holy of
tloies Il type of Heaven, whittier Christ
tie foreruuner is gone and upon whom our
hope is set.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

TIE VANDERBILT PALACES AND ruElE
OwNEK.-li "goden roots break mons
rest" Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt must
suffer from seepiessness, as no American
has ever before occupied such a palace AS
his new dwelling II Fifth Avenue. Some
idea of the lavish expenditure incurred in
the erection and fltng of the mansion
may be formed from the fact that the bill
OF Herter brothers, for iunture and interi.
or decorations. was S3O0,0p0 which huge
sum does not include the foreign imported!
furniture, tho frescoing, the profusion OF
staiuary, objects of AIT and rertu, which
presents themselves everywhere through
out the stately pile.
Some think that the planting of all this
oriental splendor within q little mile of a
seothiug mass Of occidental miscrs. is like
haunting red rag in the eyes OF a bull, as
IN the event OF n riot, (Which may we long
be spared) GAO Fifth Avenue would surely
be one OF the first places of attack. 1t is
whispered, on good authority, that Mr..
Vanderbilt, sagaciOus as usual, has provid
ed subterranean mode of egress, known
only to the trusty architect and few
select worKmen, which leads to another
house 1T some distance. controlled hy the
railro I'd monarch.
However this may be. the possession of
$50 millions OF money, l40 millions OF
which has been acquired within the short
space of % years. must sometimes make
even stolid Mr.. VANDERBILT reflects upon
the freaks of fortune, and asks himself
how it will all end. wonder if he ever
thinks Of the thousands Of delicate women,
for instance. who find it 80 hard TO live in
this great city, and for whom are provided
so many ingenious methods Of shaving
from year TO year for the veriest piltancr
in tnc midst OF unparalleled opulence and
luxury. Perhaps the milionaire's thoughts
never take this discretion, rs be seems to
be completely Immersed in railroad and
stocE jobblng projects, and In the dspens
ing OF magnificent. but somewhat CD.
pressive hospitality, which even Il late
Spuyten Duyvil horror did uot seem to
afrot, for the opening Of the new house TO
q brilliant company occurred on the very
day OF the funeral of Senator Wagner, the
lite long friend aud adherent of the Van.
derbilt family. This has caused no little
comment IN New York, not at all favor.
able 10 the aorid Clesus OF the hour, but,
through life's dark road his careless
way he wends, an incarnation OF fat diyi-
dends," md nothing more
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

AN ELEpHANr's FAvORTrEs. -E'ephqnt,
are very fond oi babies nnddngs. A keep,
in 4 certain meDngrrie row IN lh, count
ilu,ts his litle son, VINO is not lite tw.
years obi, with the huge anImll4. KNOWN.
that thew will not hirnI tho chill. Tn
little tnddlers are fon He'd and carussed b
the huge, clumsy creatures, WIN wInd thrl
Tanks around them in "a mu4l alf.c ilna ,
manner A pet do thai belonged TO tn
sHmr menagrrIc IS rerently run over b
u " 'gOn and killed. The log hal bact
The ptrrIcnlT pet Of one of tho clepn.n
named % Ieen She missed tho dog. AN
gave signs of great distress. Sne KEEP
looking round and round, and when nigh
came she WAS very uIh .ppy. A dog tht
looked something ike Spot" was tnk-
to q leen hut sne refused to have An,
thing TO do with Tn" new pet. 1t was sev
er'l days before % leen" c1ud get owe,
her grief.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

The influence of the soil upon the health
"f those living upon it is brought out very
plainly during the prevalence of epidemic
'i'senses. That malaria diseases, like in
ermntent fever, originate from the soil, is
,iready accepted; and lh more exacl
studies oi rtct nj tImt 8 Of the manner IN
which cholera, abdoL inal typhus. yellow
tever and the pague are spread. has con-
vIncrd many that these Diseases also,
which wrre formerly considered il de
pendent of the soil b, cause their specific
germs arc cOmmunicatable and areac-
lually communicated by human inter
course and trade, are i'll in sume way
connected with 1t, although the nature of
the connection IS yet to he found out. The
'xplanati',n of he frequent, sharply defln-
cu local mutations OF Cnolpra anu tl pluid
has been sought first, in Influences not of
sOll but OF water and of air, to which the
germs of disease have been impaired from
men, but clear and impartial eX NINA
ton Of the prevalence of these diseases IN
circles Of greater or lesser extent has now
furnished evidence that in many cases AIR
and water can no longer be mainland to
lie the causes Of the localizhtun, but that
He uICeSo vi Tue eepIheinIC muSt Do sought
in the sell In the occurrences of cholora
IN ships ut sea, where amy Influence ofsoil
would Seem to he absolutely out OF the
question. that influence olt, makes itself
tpLartnt IN II Striking manner by the fact
that only persons who have come from
cer'ain paCes are attacked, while other
persons on the ships do not even have Il
dIarrhta, although they are all the time
with The sick and use the same food and
~ater and air, Ships at sea may be con-
-ldered us in themselves safe from cholera
usually sickness brought upon them in
Individual cases dies out and it is regard
"h IN scafaring practice us an excellent
porpllyIalc measure to 90 TO sea. taking
lie sick along and breaking up all the
communication on the men with the in
fected port of shore. Exceptional cases of
epldemlcs breaking out ON ships connut be
'egarded as arising from contaglon from
person TO person but always from previous
communica ion Of the ship or its crew or
passengers with some place infected with
he disease.-Dr. Ton Rtenkoter, in
IpORlaT Scltncc Nonthty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

SINGLE WoMEN.-A clever old maid
once said that it was far better 10 be
laughed AZ because you ere not married
than not to be able to lIugh because you
were. There is sound logic in that II
Is well for woman TO marry If she mees a
| good, true man, who loves her nnd whom
she i yes; but if she be not suited. better
that she remain single. The mi ,rny OF
Old maids are helpful. lovable ami sweet
tempered. and fill their allotted niche ns
accep,ably as III, il married sisters. Are
they not more to be hOnarcd than they
would have been had they marricn morclv
for II home Or posilon1
| Our young ladies have crroneon. ,lpas
upon This subject. lhey feel almost dis
grac, d, II they have arrived AT y mature
age. and are not Yet able to write Mrs Z"
btfoIe then names Their whnie ambition
is 10 get II hu>b md, by hook or Ivy c,opk.
hut get HIM sumrnO~ they must. Cvnse
q wntiy they take the first nirn who
off rs himself, whether be r"uIly suits them
o. not.
Now, girls, do not marry in has;a. Get
the best rdnctt;0n possible, h lp u'hr'
donestic affairs, aud eGer upon some
tradc or prOit ssion ior winch YOU have It
taste tnd master it. Skilled labor is aIw Tvs
well ptid. Don't spend your time repIn-
ing because you cannot See The coming
man. If You never SEQ him you can i've
useful, happy lives. You think if you have
husband You would have strong arm
on which to lean, sharer of sorrow and
trouble. Alas! many IL slender woman
has had not only 10 stand alone, but also
serve as prop for children aud husband,
and very few wives find IN their husbands
all The sympathy aud companionshp they
desire. If you are good for anything you
will not be hurt By remaining single,
neither will you he elevated by Becoming
Johns wife" Do your duty IN life and
you will count for one in the world, whether
married or single.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

A TRUE PGcTURE.-Now you will find
that liberal people are happy people, and
get more enjoy ment OF what they have
Than folks OF churlish mind. Misers never
rest Til they have been put to bed with u
shovel. They often get SO wretched that
they would hang themselves, only they
gludge the expense of n rope. Generous
souls are made happy by tho happiness of
others. The money they give 10 the poor
affords them more pleasure than any other
they lay out. / have seen men of means
give ooppers, and they have been coppery
in every thing. They carried on a tinpot
business, lived like beggars, and died like
dogs. | have seen others give to the cause
OF God by shovelfuls and they have had it
back by barrow loads. They made good
use of their stewardship. and the great
Lord has trusted them with more, while
the bells in their hearts have rung out
merry peals when they have thought OF
widows who have blessed them, and or.
phan children who smiled into their faces
john Plonghman's Pictures.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22
\ MODERN MIDAs.-In singular contr

\ MODERN MIDAS.-In singular contrast
l0 the mons, sptendor of the FandrrbIts
are the secluded ways of Nj. Jay Could.
probably ns rich a III IN rs V tnderbllt, and
~ this moment the uiost considerable tig-
uro in the American financial world
Physically weak. weighing perhaps not
more than 100 pounds. ie petH bon h0n1tne,
as he is called in Wall street, literally
shrinks from oil publicity. social or other
wise, yet his name is in all mems mouths,
Il household word, and hardlya newspaper
YOU take up but has more or less notice OF
HIM. He h.s three or four offices, at no
one of which he can b. found unless il suits
his sovereign will. Visitors to the raj way
nagnale have to pas the scrutiny and
question OF three or four keen employees
b. fore they reach his presenc3, and TO
achieve an interview is about rs difficult
as 10 penetrate into the snnc,um OF the
ear of Russia or the sacred private plrlor
OF @ ,cen Victoria There is hardly Il man
In Wall street but has benefited or lost by
his operations during the last ten years,
but three out of tive of them do not even
know him by sight. AL his surroundings
are unpretenlious, and his residence has
nothing about il 10 indicate that lis owner
is more than comfortably well Oft Per
laps Mr. Gould finds 1t 10 his account TO
he sphinx and to be able TO say with Ben
johnson rich man hey hiss at me. {.
while at home can he con,enied 10
applaud myself, with y to see how plump
my bags are and my barns"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

GIVE Us A REST. .-"Give US rest
can't ,eh you how YOU can rest, hut yor
must rest or die. An American ut forty
is at most q wreck. We waste the best
of our lives by burning our life candle al
both ends. Our amuSements Themselves
are worry. We 60 away on summer.
ing, bang up and down the country, and
Obtain the advantages of-whate Rest
of a fashionable season. am not entirely
given over to tuo-toolsm.s ] always associ
ate aE ,eSthete with laziness and lazy
man don't know what rest means. alll
glad am away from the laiics, but really
| don't admire Queen Anne chair.
know it is high arr. but just think Of l75
pounds Of muscular Christianity resting
in spindle.shanked Queen Anne chair.
Then again. | can , say AIN in love With
those new chandeliers made in imitation
OF II thlow dip, with Il gutter of smut run
ning down the sides. Then thnre are
those nnrrow'necked jars in n J ,ptneso
cabinet, so hail that one is afraid of enjoy
ing hearty laugh for fear Of breaking up
II hundred dollars worth Of high art DO
you know | enjoy seeing man living
with his feet on the soiaa ] know il il
lOuSh OH iuc Sol't, Dut IL 10 lIlC DCNJ ltilE {.
for the man. often wonder when | get
into parlo! filled with all tho iim-cracks
OF esthetcism, what it WAS all Tor. like
parlor where the children can turn
somersaults without fear of what is coming
after. High art! Somebody told me that
the cover of Scrtdner's Monthly WAS q
specimen Of it. ! remarked that couldn't
make out just which way the snake was
going. He was inclined to be offended,
but all could imagine of the design was
Il reminder of q snake crawling backward
or forward Or perhaps. dish of vermi-
cell soup on piece OF brown paper.
The boy who quits his public school or
his college ought to be induced, or logged
if need be. to prevent hun from entering
at once upon business life Let him
spend his Time on farm. | don't know
how it is, but In every place I've visited
true American labor was dying out. |
went into prayer-ineeting in Maine tho
other day-('heY 90 to prayer meeting in
Maine yep and they We're singing There
is rest Tor The weary and American like,
they have placed that haven of ret 'be.
yond he Jordan" N ,tions have pissed
OIL the face OF the ear'h By disregarding
lesser laws than that which cnnIcmny
American rpslessnt IS From, 4. ". 2ou-
gee s Lecture 0n best.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-22

The COLORADO DEsERT.-Thcro is IN
old adage which says that Araz ma was
the last spot on earth to be created; that
Yuma Is an outpost of tho neither regions
and the hottest place in the world. Every
one knows the old story Of the two soldiers
who, while stationed ut Fort Yuma, died
and gong straight to Hades, returned in
IN a short time for their blankets! Be that
us it may, there can be no doubt that
parts of southern California and Arizona
IRE among the hottest regions of the world.
Neither The desert of Cobb in Asia nor
the Great Sahara in Africa can be worse in
IN tins respect, than their relative, the
Colorado desert IN California. Protracted
journeys Of some four weeks over this
desert gave me an excellent chance 10 see
II ard lis worst aspect, and | purpose try
my 10 give Others an account Off most
interesting features.
The desert occupies almost the whole OF
the large county OF San Dago. Ii is
some $50 mIies long AMI SO niles wide,
and the Southern Pacific railroad runs
through the centre OF it. Aboul 60 miles
from Los Angeles the railroad CT counters
very heavy grade 100 to 10 feet to the
mile. and ii continues Tor % mil, s. AT the
summit known as S.n G,rgonio pass, be-
gins descent into the desert, and every
mile binTs you tc u more desolate cuun
try, At Whitewater Station, 20 miles
from the summit, The desert commences in
earnest. FIRST a few flowers pnliven the
scene. Large 9notheras. three or four
Inches IN diameter, grow on siuall stocks
five or six inches high. Largo plants OF
Abronia nnrilma. with clusters of brilliant
purple flowers spread over the ground.
A lIltle gIia &c, lemmonD. with white
corOlla and yellow centre, adds its beauty
to the scenei and the only shrub, L.rren
Mexicana, or creusote plant, with yellow
flowers and sticky leaves and branches,
reminds you of the forest you have lett
hehind.-J seph f. James, in Popular
Science MO@th'V,