Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-27

A1slin Sheld,a, the hermit of PIKE
eounlv, Pt., desires Ia marry. lie has
pro posed to several girls in The ncighbor
hooi, but they h,vc declined, pIs-ihly be-
cauTo tint he Will M qli. the clyr in
viii II he hls lirel f'r frtY years This
abo le is lively, hT flrln.n feet, wth
I gravel npor. rh. furniture clu-is. Of
four blocks Of wood for chairs dsy GOODS
box used as a table - fire place over which
he does his cDplng aA IN Old rickrDy
chair in which he sleeps H. ms not
slept in a bed for years.
Col Robert G.. Tnrar5oll vas for once
caught mapping, lie wa5 asked BY a friend
the other day, SD the story runs: is it
true, colonel, thu you really keep q con.
siderable sum Jf money loose in m unlock
ed drawer at home, so that yolr children
can helD themselves without stint or solic-
italion? Certainly, sir, was the an.
swer II believe that TO be the best way
for cutivating in them a sense ofresponsi.
bility and honor Thereup)n the friend
said: "Well, frankly, now, colonel, if Dor
sey and Brady were staying over night in
your house, would you leave That door
unlooked?" His answer was long and
resonant laugh.
A FORTBNE IN SOAPSUDS Mrs. Sarah
Raw, washerwomln of Leadyille, who
has made fortune of 81 100000, has had
an eventful lite. She was the first white
woman who ever dared to set foot in Lead
vile, and as such helped found the city.
She dug in the mines, secured the plains
as scout, and last, but not least, took in
washing from the Leadvlie miners. and
to-day has a snug little fortune that paws
her an income of $4,000 n year. She is
now woman of about fifty, weighing
40 pounds, and is rugged and spry. She
has Il daughter tina. she is educating in
tho east, who is handsome and ladvike
girl of eighteen.
A HUMAN BEANSrALK. -Jeln CondO;st
has been brought 10 Paris as medical
curiosity from the Haute Caone. Accord.
ing to Il medical contributor to a Plrisian
contemporary, this youth, aged 49, took Il
start on the 18th of May, 1881. b.inr then
six feet three inches high. AMI found one
morning he had grown IN inch Every
week since then he has registered himself
and on the llth of September this human
beanstalk had gained nearly five inches
he grew five inches more before the %,
of January. 1882, and seven more before
March 10, and he now stands feet 10
inches. All this has been accompanied
by great pains in the back, and he stoor,
considerably; but since last June it is hi.
legs only that have grown and his fee
are already twsnty-four inches long.
Thanksgiving day is late in the autumn
and too near Christmas. 1t ought to be
moved to the first or second Thurslav ir
October. This is the opinion Of the LuLhgy
an Observer. and we heartily endorse it
judgement. The argument runs rs follows
|. The harvest season is eudol over tht
greater part Of the country by the first O
October. 1t is well to make a relioiou
harvest home of Thanksgiving day
2. Winter has begun over all the northern
part of the country at the end of Novom
Der, and neither fruits or Illwers are il
sight to frcshen the sense Of divine bount,
the present festival is as unseasonabl,
as possible. 8. The present date is within
q month Of Christmas, which is now zen
orally observed; aud, as New Year
closely follows, we now have three fasti
walls in five weeks three holidays in The
business busy season Of the year. 4. Tn,
first Thursday in October would give IL
a holiday ut q time whom it could be enjoy
cd out of dOorS-a very great gain for tht
loss wealthy people. We hope the chang
will be made. Ihy Wctt0 iiSI.
SMALL CHANGE IN MENmo.-In one e.
the small towns bought soma lines an,