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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

HARD WoRK.-And take off your coat
early in the fight, my son. Don't be afraid
OF hard work. 1t can't hurt you. Ten
O'Clock isn't too late TO knock off, and five
o'clock doesn't come SO very early in the
morning, to young man. 1t doesn't
come so early rs three, by two hours, and
yet how often do you go to bed al threeP
No? am glad to hear you say it, because
while three o'clock is very early hour at
which to rise, it is paradoXically very
late one ut which to go to bed. In order
to be up with the lark in the morning,
Telemachus, il ism at all necessary to sit
up with him all night. But if you are at
work. the midnight oil won't hurt you. 1t
will do you good, because the hard work
ers are long livers. You'll never work
yourself to death my boy, Now there's
your sister; she is more liable to over
work herself than any man you ever knew.
believe the ceaseless, monotonous sound
of old Euryclea's household duties and
domestic cares, or young Nauslcar's
worry over the family laundry would kill
the oldest man in America in week. 1t is
true that woman's work goes on forever,
but then, bless your soul, fair Hermisne,
don't let that worry you. You don't go
forever, to do it all. And you don't have
all of it TO do, even while you live. Mans
work goes on forever, too; and I'm glad
of it. But I'm not going to stay here to
do it all, and shan't do any more of my
own while do stay than am obliged to.
Don't fret because woman's work goes on
forever. You will have socks to darn and
shirts to make for Neoptolemus not more
than fifty or sixty years anyhow. And as
for you Telemachus, it isn't hard work
that destroys young men; its the intervals
that kill. Its the relaxation that hurts
Some time you may wake up in the
morning with the worst headache on you
that ever made you sigh for death. Ant
you wernt sitting up TO work until two
A. NJ, either. You will know there isn't
line of Virgil or unit of mathematics
or one stroke of honest hard work in that
headache that is going to throw one more
wasted day into your bright young life
If you had burned the midnight oil ovel
the workbench, at the forge or at the desl
or at the lathe, it would never have manu-
featured such headache as that. Il
might, and it would send you to bed tireC
as shadow of death, but you would oper
your eyes next morning on an homes
world of hope and sunshine and manly
ambition, without blush Of shame in al
Its radiance. You'll never work yoursel
to death, my boy. The harder you work
the less mischief and trouble you vii
get nto.-BardeHe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13
He Never Went to Congress.

Judge k-told us last night in a
temperance meeting of friend of his
that he wanted to have come out and take
his stand firmly for the cause of temper.
ance; but at last his friend said to him
plainly: Il mus be neutral" JUDGE k
SAID he soon found out why he must be
neulral-he wanted to 90 to congress, and
he was nominated, but was not elected.
land said the Judge he mcucr wsnL to
congress" All! thought he met with a
greater loss than that-he lost himself. he
lost that which was highest, the best in
him; and such losses are not uncommon.
1t cannot be that with all the LIGHT that is
falling on the subject of temperance at
this time, with the noble band of women
as well as men leading on the rest who
have pledged their lives, their fortune and
their sacred honor. They will not rest till
the accursed liquor traffic is abolished. It
is not possible, | say, to see all this and
still remain Indifferent and neutral. And
yet talk OF being consecrated 10 God it is
bigger thing to be consecrated-than
some OF us have thought of for long time
maybe. We can remember, far back in
the past, when we counted the cost and
gave up what was then our world, aud
became soldiers of the cross; hut alas! I
fear there has been but little tiohting with
many professed Christians for many
long year.
Here is some reason why such remain
neutral when any call is made to take the
side of truth. When that truth is unpopu-
lar, my friend, it will be said of you, "hc
neUer weW 10 congress-" he never gained
what he was unwilling 50 take-the side
of right, of God. For this "he never went
TO congreSS' Stands for all the different
things we want and are unwilling to give
up. Oh! if we could see cur fortunes for
time and for eternity are slipping from us
IL trying to be neutral, or at least in not
being outspoken! The call is coming loud
er and louder to every man and woman In
this land, "Who is on The Lords sidepn
and it is said explicitly of Christ he came
TO destroy the works of the devil-not
weaken, but destroy. Death to the foe
must be the watchword, and when we get
TO the place where the will is firmly fixed,
shall be true, cost what it may; it mat
tiers everything whether am noble man!
And what docs it in t,er as woman
whether am applauded or condemnedP
That does not touch my real womanhood,
but 1t does matter whether have the
appreciation of God and my own conscience,
for the hour is fast approaching when they
will be all the company shall have, anil
here another congress will be before me,
and l must be elected to that congress.
Oh my friend. don't throw away M eter-
nal joy for any trouble Of time, any world
ly preferment for the honor that cometh
from God. If God wants you to 90 to
congress there you will go in spite of men
and devils; many have come even here
to wearing of crowns they would never
have worn if they had not said, II will
stand by the right, and rise or fall with it,
And they have risen to places of eminence
they would never have reached otherwise.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

WHERE The Sun RISES EARLY.-The
brightest of Wrangel days are not what
would be called bright. The sunshine is
always tempered in sitting down through
the moist atmosphere. allowing no daz-
zing brilliancy, no dry, white glare. The
town, like the wild Landscape, rests beneath
this hushing spell. On the longest days
the sun rises about three o'clock, but it is
daybreak at midnight. The cocks crow
when they wake without much reference
to the dawn, for it is never dark. Cock
growing is one certain, invariGble sound
peculiar to civilization, but there are only
Il few, half Il dozen or so, all told, of full
grown roosters in Wrangle TO awaken the
town to give it a Christian character.
After sunrise few smoke columns may
be seen rising languidly to tell the first
stir of the people. Then an Indian or two
may be noticed here and there at their big,
barn like cabins, and Il merchant getting
ready for trade, but scarcely sound is
beard, only mutlled stir. gradually deep
ening. Tlcre are only two white babies
in town So far as | have seen and as for
the Indian babies, they wake and feed and
make no crying sign. Later you may
hear the strokes OF an AK on frewood, and
the croaking of raven. About eight or
nine o'clock the town is awake and on its
legs and in its boats. Indians, mostly
women and children. begin to gather in
scores on the front platforms of the half
dozen stores, sitting carelessly in their
blankets, every other face blackened
hideously, naked circle around the eyes,
and pnrhaOS n suot over each check homo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

Inc last verses of the lesson give us a
view OF the final departure of or Lord
from the earth, to which is added the
statement that after his ascension he sat
on The right hand of God. This expression
taken perhaps from the declaration of
Stephen just before his death, and also
many other peculiarities connected with
this passage have led many to think that
these closing verses of the gospel were no
part Of the original composition. but
something added by another hand at a
later date. 1t would almost seem to be a
parcel of fragments taken from other
parts ;of the New Testament, but it so
perfectly agrees with what is elsewhere
written that We have 10 difficulty in
receiving it as the inspired aud inspiring
word of God to us.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

A Swiss paper describes tho fearful
storm which wrought such havoc In the
Grindelwald on the 9th of October. 1t
began to blow at 4 o'clock in the morning
and continued for twenty-fodr hours with
terrific violence. Its like was never before
experienced. The heaviest roof stones
were blown off like chips. Lumps OF
rock weighing 100 pousIs were sent spin.
ming through the air like cannon balls in
battle. Inside the houses there was nc
safety, outside nobody could live. Win.
dows were blown in. roofs carried away
and many families fled in terror to their
cellars. In the afternoon II few brave men
at the risk of their lives, went on the roofs
and tried to repair damages. But it was
impossible TO do anything. As fast as they
replaced tho stones they were dislodged
and several of the men thrown to the
ground. At night tho gale ragged still
more fiercely and tremendous rainfall
set in.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

The JEST AND LAUGH IN BkTTLE-In
the midst of danger soldiers pre sometimes
prone to jest and laugh, and even play
practical jokes on each other, ms the fol-
lowing anecdotes will show: During the
trench'woxk before Sebastopol there was
a certain man in the regiment who disliked
being on duty in the trenches, and who
always got Into what he considered the
safest corner of the trench and remained
there as long as he could. The bugler of
his company, n malicious urchin, soon
found this out, and was constantly in the
habit of playing tricks to frighen his
cautious comrade. He would peep over
the parapet and call out "a shot" and
then turn around to see his friend roll
himself together like ball. At other
times he would call out "A she'll" of
which he knew the man had mortal
dread; and when be saw him throw him
self fiat on the ground, he would take Il
piece of earth r stone and throw it olose
to his recumbent friends head, and then
run up and comfort him by showing him
a bit of an old shell which he had picked
up for the purpose, rcmarking at the same
time: THAT was u near thing, man."
All the men knew and enjoyed the Joke,
and sometimes roared with laughter, but
it was well for the urchin that his friend
never found him out. This same man
was really wounded afterward, and while
was removing the bullet from beneath
the skin of his back, the same "urchin"
was standing by, and the moment l had
extracted the bullet-a small spherical
one--the boy held out pound ball, say
ing: "See what the doctor has cut out
o'ye!' This occurred while my back was
turned; but on hearing the remark,
looked around, and saw tho boy holding
out the shot, and the bystanders convulsed
with laughter. and quite regardless of the
heavy fire going on around us.-Cham
5ers's Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

The great expense of the multitude of
expeditions fitted out to observe the ransit
of Venus across the suns face on Dacem e.
ber 9th has been incurred simply to reduce
an uncertainty in the suns parallax of one,
tenth of a second. Although more than a
hundredth part of the whole, Prof. Young
finds this tenth part of Il second to be no
more than the angle subtended by a single
hair at distance of 800 feet. The most
probable parallax may be taken to be s 80
seconds, which signifies that the sun is
80, ,885, 900 miles from us. The best au-
thorities admit that this estimate of the
parallax, made from observations thus far
worked out, may be Inaccurate within the
limit of one.twenteth of second either
way. This apparently slight uncertainty,
however, is not to be overlooked, as the
one-twentieth of a second corresponds to
about half a million miles. As the suns
distance from the earth is the unit adopted
for measurements among the stars, its ac-
curate determination is Il matter of great
value to astronomy, and the importance of
transits Of Venus and Mercury rests upon
the f:tct that they afford Il means of finding
the sJlar parallaX.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

and only chance for the revolution of that
important event.
Whitney was mason by trade, honest,
Industrious, sober, but excitable. In all
the curly stages of tho Morgan aft ,ir he
believed he was doing his duty. The final
crime was committed under the circum
stances have related.
now look blck through IN interval of
htty-siX years with n conscious sense of
having been governed through the "Anti-
masonic excitement" by a sincere desire,
first. to vindclte the violated laws of nv
country, and next, to arrest the great
power and dangerous influences of secret
societies." We labored under serious
disadvantages. The people were unwill-
ing to believe that an institution so ancient,
to which ~ many of our best and most
distinguished men belonged. was caplble
OF not only violating the laws but of sus.
tanning IN projecting often ling men of
the order. vast majority of the Ameri-
can people believed that Morgan was
concealed bV or committee for political
effect While We were being fiercely
denounced as ncendiary spirits, Judge
Enos L. Tbroop, in charging the grand
jury at Canandaigua. spoke of Anti-mason-
ry as a blessed spirit" spirit which he
hoped "woulh not rest until every man
implicated in the abduction of Morgan was
tried, convicted and punished
1t Is pleasant also TO contemplate the
character Of those with whom was then
associated iudcially and politically.
Than James Wadsworth. Geo. w. Patter.
son ard Philo c. Fuller Of Livingston;
Trumbull Cary, Geo. w. Lay, Jas. Bris.
bane, Moses Taggart, Seth M. Gates,
Phiness J.. Tracy. Herbert A. Read,
Timothy Fitch, Elinman Holden and r. F.
Talbot OF Geneseo; Albert H. Tracy,
Milard Fillmore, Noah P. Sprague and
Thos. G. Love of Erie; Bites Cook, Geo.
II. Boughton, Robert Fleming, John
Phillips and Lyman A, Spaulding of
Niagar.; Andrew B. Dickinson of Stucben;
John Maynard and William Sackett of
Seneca Myron Ilolley of Wayne; Francis
Granger, Henry w. Taylor and Samuel
Miles Hopkins of Ontario; VIM. IL. Sew.
ard, Christopher and Edwin b. Morgan of
Cayuga Rev. Dr.. Mott of Schenectady;
Victory Birdseyo and f. w. Lcavenworth
ofonondaga; VIM. H. Maynard of Oneida;
Gideon lard of Orleans; Abner Hazeltine
and John Birdsall of Chautauqua, Samuel
Work, Heman Norton, Samuel G. An
drews, James X. Livingston, Frederick
Whittlesey, DR.. +. F. Bachus, A. w. Riley
and Harvey Ely of Monroe; Henry Dana
Ward of New York; Weare G. Little of
Albany; Richard Rush. John Sargent and
Amos Ellmakor Of Pennsylvania; and
William Writ of Virginia, an equal num-
Der of truly good and eminent men cannot
be found. My friends, Weare C. Little of
Albany, Gideon Hard of Orleans, Moses
Taggart Of Gcuesce, and Lyman A, Spauld-
ing OF Niagara, are almost the only
survivors.
city "t %',a Gna Goa"'y Goeh Iss. DICTATED ]
Thur'o.s Weed, being duly sworn, says
that tn ipytGuing statements are true.
THURLow WEED.
Sibaribol and sworn to before me this
2Sl lay of September. 1882.
SPENCER G. DorY, Notary Public,
Il Union Square, New York City.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

Young Achilles" wants to know five
think cigarette smoking injurious to the
brain?' On no. not a bit Of it, young
Achilles No man with brains enough
to hurt will he guilty of smoking item =
BWriipgtOn Htrkeye,
"Never would call boy of mine Alias.
said Mrs. Jones of Huntsville. ALI. IF
had hundred to name. Men by that
name is allus cuttin' up clpers. Here's
Alias Thompson Alias Williams, A",-.
the Nighttawk, all been took up
stealing.
I'm sure she was a lady," sail Mrs
Goodoldstock to her husband, describing
some one she had seen, "for she had on a
plain black dress, very genteel bonnet
and displayed no diamonds" Ladies' are
no longer known by the exposition of
fnery they make.
Jokes abont the poverty of newsp lper
men have been lain on the shelf. They
are not funny any more, because people
have found out that they are not true.
Look at James Gorden Bennett and Jaw
Gould and Robert Bonner and-anl the
rest of US. us.-Phitadelphia NeWs.
and hurt her knee. and as she sat rocking
in her little chair, plying and rubbing
the injured part, she suddenly looked up
and said: Did God make me, mammal"
"Yes, dear" well" said she ''if he's
got any pieces left. l wish he would mend
my kneew
Thoro i = or, ions of, ,bo ,,..,,,
that ia nriainai ooIor % ,ro oa tnI b; o.aoSo,ru
became black hoc"moo Nv, m roan AMI 'h nu' II
tho JnTs woro 90 o,,,d ,hnt M u yIai h. 'ulue oi
rer,ge in n chinnov 't, Tboso ~ 'itn thr " 5"ke
Jannarv go,b and a., on% 19T 1870, error Iays
arr called in The noighb"rhonJ % of ".S ~
81 o,oyni deLn ,aerIa :" % iTo bIaarbi",TS III n. Ioit'
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

A nIGuMANDER's HoNoR.-Two GEN.
turie3 ago in he Highlands of Scotland,t to
ask for II l., ceipt or promisory note was
thought an insult. If parties had business
matters TO transact, they stepped into the
air, fixed their eyes upon the heavens and
each repeated their obligation without a
mortal witness. A mark was then carved
upon some rocks or tree near by as n re-
membrance of the compact. Such a thing
as breach of contract was rarely met with
so highly did the people regard their honor
When the march OF Improvement brought
tho nnH mode Of doing business, they were
often paincd by these innovations. An
auecdo is handed down ola farmer who
had beer 10 tho Lowlands and learned
worldly wisdom. On returning 10 his
native parish he had need of q small sum
of mon, nal he made bold to ask Il loan
from n @.u,iGman of means named Stuart.
This was kindly granted, and Mr.. Stuart
counted u. the gold. This done, the
farmer wrote II receipt and handed it to
Mr.. uart.
"What is this, MANI" cried Mr.. Stuart,
eying the slip of paper.
at is receipt, sir, binding me to give
yc back the gold at the right timc," re.
piled Sandy.
binding yeP' Weol, man, if 20 Gamma
trust yourself, I'm sure I'll no trust ye.
Ye Gamma have my gold"
Aud gathering it up he put it back in
his desk and turned the koy in it.
But, sir, might die" replied the
canny Scotchman, bringing up an argu-
ment in favor of his new wisdom, land
perhaps my sons might refuse it to ye;
but the bit of paper would compel them. y
Compel them to sustain their dead
fathers honor'
They'll need compelling to do right il
this is tho road yo're leading them. II
neither trust ye nor them. Ye can gang
elsewhere for money; but you'll find name
in the parish tkatll put more faith il
bit of paper than in q peighbor's word
O. honor and his fear o. God"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13
temperance.
ST. ARNAI.D.


st ARNALD kncl., and in his chamber pr,,eI
In tine still, moony night aud thus he said.
LORD on thousand hills thy cattle stray
II Il'hs sliSS nv NJ INT auf s't'pher,lless by dt,.
20 1905 70 hsasthful ver Ire leads those a,sks
y" h'uu protects the'n on the slippery r7cks.
Iha elders fdl the ltmbS "a hlelt and die.
Ihe heri' disturb ny Elam l-rs with tl.ircr,.
MY Lord if Arnall favor 1llsw with tie.
10 guard and fold these wandering sheep send mo
4 voice to Arnald in the silence came.
tehler and yet reprpachful cllle his name.
ana said What seek'st thou with :y focks my chi
"ner mast thou left thy few sheep in the wild?
Are they all white and comaly housed anI fed.
ana IN green pastures by still waters led?
Ihen Arnad, palel with s.llnaal | nrrm1rel 10 y
Lord to retrieve nv clranss fIults 70
Wy sheep are perishuE t ,t .trk Of care
"hiie l. their shepherd, oilc u'ela,s prayer
Gently tho Lori letl.s. him Listen. chilli
once my EoD l Sinpharl "a, wltchtul,anI plili.
Cimo IN the starry nt<ht, wnan others sleep
70 seek in Israel for any wandering sheep;
Ihe word was wide, and cries OF want and sin
.hroi4h h'.Veh'S pearly ga.' went sSeepi1xin;
ms heart with pity thr1b3 3 every xroan.
Yet steadily lie sought to say his own:
fhink'st thou the world w,iull;bappter na tcl,,
If he had turned to Europe Or Cathaj?r
Rebuked yet comforted our saint again
N'h9t oi us scattered )ckS upOn the plain
searched out the strlyel ones where. in alien fold
Ihey mad Sought refd{e from the evening cold:
Sheltered the lambs. and led the shining way
Beside the crystal waters l!vinx play:
When lo the C title VIII no leader knew
heard MS sweet cal, and quickly followed too,
Prayers answer came from Gods eternal throne,
And Arnad saved the others with his own
Ye who would send the Gospel DER the sea.
VINO tain dpFs white-winse htr5u.nrs wluld be
L9of first that alley foul aud city street
Have heard the football of your seeking feet:
CiimD IN the darkness,1p the creak ing sta r.
Aha carry Jesus to til lost sheep there;
d'taer the lambs ant bil them feel at home
In the warm safety of the mission room.
Follow the boys, Il lsh down'the fatal cup
Their untriei ii IN isIhaye rishly tlken M
scatter the see Ia Of truth lnl Righteousness
Ana with lri5t's Gospel yolr ownipeople bless;
10 % the prs m house oficrme aud sin.
bringing Christs liberty to souls within;
ohwe1tern mountain top and southern plain
Erect the cross, bald up Messiah sreisu;
G) to the camp fire and the miners cot
Where gold is h)nored and where c Christ is not:
Go to the dens of iufamy and loss,
AMI llsht thoir dlrk1 s.witA that radiant cross
So shall our country's eagles guard sod
Yieldel, North. South ana East AMI West to God.
SO shall tho nations. rayisheI with the.yiew,
Obey His call and follow Jesus too:
Fhe whiteness of our focks beacon be
10 guide the wluderilgishe9p 9piacr1ssthe sea
uht'oeiore the mighty Shepherds throne
Inc other shcep come Hooking with our own.
10 near the welcome given to you and me,
Faithful to few. ruler of many be-
NEW
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

1t will bo noticed that DR.. Parker's first
verse is not worded precisely the same as
the stanza used by the Cleveland commit.
tee, but this variation is undoubtedly
accounted for by the fact that the commit
tees verse is u free translation of the
Latin version-n short, second trans
lation Of the original lines. Tho last
translation is not perfect one-the trans.
lator evidently using repetition of the
word "well' with the idea of improving
the rythmical strength of the lines. The
substitution Of "crown" for victory
however, in the fourth line, is merely q
slight variation of the same poetcal simile
And this is the brief history of the famous
Garfield stanza.
In the rooms of the western reserve
historical society in the city OF Cleveland
are preserved and exhibited many sad
mcmentoes. of the dead president; the
bier which bore the noblo clay, the cas-
ket which enclosed the wasted form, the
canopy which o'erhung tho peoples
chiefain-all are there; and in theil
midst shine out the tender lines which
those who knew him best thought mos
fitting to raise above tho revered head
NeW York Observer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

A BIG GOLD BAR.-In the bank of Cal.
ilornia yesterday, on the floor in front ol
the counters, was displayed very tempt
ing object in the shape of a gold bar,
weighing 5l14 pounds, and valued at
$4,000. The dimensions of the bar are,
fifteen inches in length, seven inches deep
and six inches broad. The gold is the
result Of twenty days run in the North
Bloomfield hydraulic mine in Nevada
county. 1t is the largest ever cast in the
United States, and, as far as known, il the
world, and as two crucibe mods have to
be used in the casting, the mystery is how
such perfect and smooth bar could be
turned ont Q lite number of people.
who came for look, were told they
could have the bar if they would carry it
away. 1t is useless to add the bar is still
thero.-San francisco Gall, ID.