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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

THE SMUGGLING DoG.-The public au-
thOlities in France. having made strenu-
Gus endervols to abate smuggling between
he frontiers OF Belgium, and that king
dom, discovered that they had only trans
feruei the plactice from men to dogs, who
we're trained to carry lace, and other small
articles, securely packed, across fields and
rivers, where a whole army of custom
house and other officers were inadequate
To arrest them. One man engaged in this
business trained IN active and sagaciOus
spaniel to aid him in his enterprise. He
caused him to be shaved, and then pro.
cured for him the skin of another dog, of
he same hair and same shape. He then
rolled the lace around the body of the dog
and then put over it the other skin so adj
roitly that the trick could not easily be
discovered. The lace being thus arranged,
the smuggler would say TO the dociIe mes.
|enger, i1omeward, my friend. At
these words the dog would start, and pass
boldly through the gates of Malines and
Valenciennes, in face of the vigilant off
GERS placed there to prevent smuggling
Having thus passed the bounds, he woud
await his muster at little distance in the
open country. Here they mutually car
ressed and feasted. and the merchant
placed his rich package in place of safe
ty, renewing his occupation as an occasion
offered. Such was his success. that in less
than five years he amassed a handsome
fortune.
He was, however, at length betrayed
and twithstanding all his efforts to dis
guise the dog, he was watched and discov.
cred. But the cunning of the dog wa.
equal to the emergency. We're spie.
watching for him at one gate, he saw
them, and made for another; were all the
gates shut, lie sometimes leapcd over the
walls; ut Others, passing them secretly he
hind carriage. or running between the
legs of travellers, he thus would accom-
pish his end. One day, however, Will,
swimming stream near MaIines, he wa'
shot. ami died in the water. There wa
then ABOUT him five thousand crowns
worth of lace, the loss of which did moi
affl ct his master; but he was lnconsolablt
ior the loss of his dog.-Chdtte' boz.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11


LIFE IN ICELAND --Thi, ouaint and
curi,ns town ia as odd in its way as the
f,mon, Ian CITY of Htmmarfest. the most
northern in Europe. Since 1874, when tney
,elebra,ed the onethpusandstb anniversary
nf tbe Cound,,ion of their republic-two
wears before America made such a fuss
,hou, her little one hundred vears--there
has been a snirit of Enropean innov,tisp
abroad whje1 threatens to DESTROY, in
tim. tbe native ch,r,cteris,ics of the
nl.ce Already the houses on the out
skir,, of ,he ,iIv begin to appear over
0round and at a glance one gets fair
idea of the place. Ia the past the people
of Rrvki,vik were troolodytes, as most OF
the other dwellers on the islanc are vet
They lived in hns. or holes in tile ground
coyered with peaked roofs, and so solde (,
over that at "A short distance one could not
tell them from the surrounding sward
In riding nbont The interior of the island
one comes unexpectedly on these houses
IN the midst of the plain. without sur
rounl,no fences or ANYTHING else to give
indication of human hibitation. o. all
the dirtv holes in the world, these native
bns are The dirtiest, and now people live
| Ill lutIIl Is Dtfbuu ouU-
half of their dirt in a temperate climate
would breed pestilence. In the winter
| time the cattle, chickens, dogs and sheep
herd together here. The b8' are about
twenty feet long by ten wide, and always
two of them are built close together aud
connected by narrow passage. In one,
which has no furniture, the cooking is
| done al an open fire built on the ground,
from which the smoke escapes, when so
inclined, through hole in the roof. Al
all times the hoor of this apartment,
which is on the ground is dank and soft.
TbIs fire in winter is the only means OF
warmth the natives have, and so they
accumulate the animals ln their dwelling.
to borrow some OF their heat. TO attempt
to warm Il b0e with one OF these hres le
about equivalent to trying to warm the
| United Safes with II match. The h'es
are of turf and seawetd. and, win tht
| binding smoke emitted by the fuel, the
smell OF rhe cattle and the not sweet odor
of the father, mother and litter of young
| brats, one imagines what g0oi m"tropol-
itan sewer mlght be-. This IS not the
exception but the RUE; for in Iceland as
elseN mere, owing to the nm adaptabillty
| HcN'
people than rich
Rcykjavik pro- or is mostly made up oil
well constructed houses. AS comfortable AS
could he wished, A9 with the Ge' mans
fac linen is the ambition of every thrf'N
hou ewife, AMI | have dined from OF
d mask as hck rs chamols. and wiped
the sparkling drops of Dtulsh whisky from
my lips with napkins AS soft as Pongee
silk Some of them are proud OF 'helI
peligree>, too, and dincd with a charm
ing lady who allowed me TO stir the sug Il
in my tea With Il silver spoon with whei
her honorpd and piratical ancestor used Il
NIX his pnnch. Tea out of AN iron spoon
of cotcmporaneOus manufacture has tasted
quite rs good. In some OF the houses
saw bit. Of cabinet WORK and wood cft'
ing that would so intensity the bitterness
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11
VOL. xxx.

dead earnest-to put an end to liquor
selling, and. though he excitement must
necessarily sbae. il will nu cease until
the purpose IN view is as nearly as posi-.
BILE attained. Not only in ST Ahans. bul
in all our villages this same feeling has
place. and must show itself in similar
action very soon. 1t is astonishing how
much more open and extensive the sale oi
liquor has become In the past year all
tn, Ough the state. II has hurst out like
small pox all over the country. and the
csu-e is the sams-neglect on the part of
those whose duty il was to see to the
safety Of The community. Strange as the
- serlion may seem, cheap politics is al
the foundation of all these abuses, and an
eye single to the almighty dollar among
the People is the ground beneath that
foundation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

The general impression that most of the
emigrants arriving in this country from
Europe 20 west is erroneous. OF the 3S5.
047 emigrants who arrived at Castle Gar
den during the year ending June, 1886
went TO Connecticut, 2l59 to Rhode Island
and IL ,097 to Massachusetts,. New York
sot l43 1873. Pennsylvania SO, t75, and
New Jersey 1881 Even South Carolina
received 1925, aud Texas 1861. North
Cuolina got 1894, Tennessee 1896, anc
Maryland 1866 The rem ,inder went
west. Illinois. Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Indiana, ONO and Wisconsin
securing the most of them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

A negro sailor on the French barque
Felix, from Mozambique, was thoroughly
humbugged by his shipmates into the
belief that human flesh. OF the negro va
riety, is so highly relished AS dietetiC
luxury by wealthy Frenchmen of the
present day that he could not fail. upon
arriving at NJ rseilles. 10 b. roasted and
eaten, and as the vessel was approaching
the port recently. the poor fell W jumped
overboark and drowned himself. Hic
tormentors are in prison and are likely tC
pay dearly for their harbarous joke.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

It happened on railroad train in Nova
Scotia which was going-well, it wasn'l
exactly lightning express. The engi.
neer whistled 'doW brakes"
What the trouble, conductorl" excit
edly asked passenger.
Cow on lhe track" coolly responded
the conductor. The man was satisfied.
Shortly afterwards " down brakes" was
again whistled.
"What's the trouble now7" cried th,
same passenger.
''COw on the taaok,' was the reply.
"Great Hesvens!" Dried the man ''havsn'
we caught up with that COW yetf"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

The buil1ing Of Mexinsn railroads causes
a superstitlouS p,nic among the Indians
In some places the savIges regard the
lncnmOlive aS slnguinlry gbi. think ils
whistle scream fIr blnod. an 4 expect to
b. sacrificed To appease it's wrath. The
idea has CAUSED great numbers Of people
10 fee tn the mo IntainS for stEHv. amt
entire viilag S are dep pulaled. In Peuhlu
1t was believed thai ihe lat If dead ludians
was usel to OH the machines, AID the
alarm was such that for long time M
savage cJuld be induced to enter the town.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

Don't push children backward when
taking them ont in the little wagon. Halt
the adults who 90 in the cars cant ride
backward. A still larger proportion can't
ride backward in carriage lhave noticed
the little passengers ~ thay we're ing
tolted a'ong blckwarl. Of one curbstOnr
and up another, turning their ey-s this
way and that, in way thst plainly showed
their bewldrrment. The only avenue to
their souls which is fairly opened is
through the eyes, Pray don set that one
all tOpsy turvy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

When he returned to his seat in the
theatre and said he had Just stepped ont
to see some one, she gravely responded,
a. 1t must have been the Evil ones" AND
when the young man asked If she saw the
cloven loot, she turned up her pretty nose
and said: mo but I smell the clovsn
breath. ."-New HdUen Register. = 81
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-11

secure home, he ntmed his infant dtugh.
lrr. which had been born in his absence,
Hetty NJ rvin." that he might be daily
reminded OF the little cousin whose truth
and shrewdness saved his lie.
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12

much of the husbands fault is il that the
wife is not always up to his standard of
wifely excellence? Husband deems his
duty done when he has left his doorstep
in the morning, hands in pockets, and
smoking the best flor de timd he can find,
if his days labor whatever it may be,
pays the marketing He rarely remem-
bers, or rather he seldom knows, how
wife, at home amid all the multifarious
household drudgery must pause to wipe
away a silent tear for the kiss he forgot
to leave her. Wives are what husbands
make them, and they are prone to wor-
ship their creator. But at least it belongs
to the duty of those who so modestly style
"lords of creation" to ever-
ence that worship.
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
A Celebrated Couple at the Theater.
New York Tribune


At the Bijou Theater on Saturday night
there was pair that attracted some atten-
ton. They sat on the north side of the
house, midway between the aisles, about
eight rows back from the footlights.
There was nothing particularly striking
about them. The man was rather insig-
nificant in appearance. He was slight,
little understood, with pale face and a
Roman nose. He was dressed neatly in
black, with modest scarf, the only jew
elry he wore being a scarf pin and a plain
gold chain. Under the seat he occupied
lay small hat, encircled by plain black
band. The woman was pretty, with a
graceful figure. Her dress was in excellent
taste 1t was black, and quietly but
fashionably made. Her hat was small
round one, black and ornamented with
two or three feathers of dark color. She
wore little or no jewelry. In her hands,
which were ungloved she carried blue
and white feather fan.
The pair enjoyed the performance.
They had evidently never seen Patience"
before. They were intelligent enough to
appreciate Mr.. Gilbert's Jokes and they
laughed at all of them as if they had never
boisterous il was characterized by the
same good taste as their dress. The two
were not profuse in their attentions to
each other, although the man would oc-
casionally lean over toward his compan-
ion in an affectionate manner. They
were evidently on the best of terms bat
their bearing toward each other was rath-
er that of married couple than of two
lovers.
When the last song had been sung and
the curtain had fallen the couple left the
theater with the rest of the audience.
The woman did not take her companions
arm at first At the door he stopped and
lighted a cigarette. They then turned
and walked down Broadway throrrh the
crowd. At Twenty-seventh street sever
al painted women and loud-talking men
UNEXPECTEDLY brushed against the woman.
She shrank instinctively from them, and
took her companions arm as if for pro-
lection.
"Do YOU know that couple ?" asked a
young man Just graduated from Yale
who was walking behind them with a
friend
"They are Blanche Douglas and Walter
Malleyr
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
Wives.
The Town

All who read, delight in, and appreciate
the purest and raciest English humor
since the time of Fielding, know and ap-
preciate Thackeray's "Men's Wives"
But to how many has il occurred that the
forced, on the readers mind by Thacke-
ray are utterly unjust? A French writer
has said that mans wife is what the
husband makes her. BY this he means,
of course, that the mans superior knowl-
edge of the world exercises a controlling
influence over the plastic mind of
maidenhood. But the French are motor
iously cynical. One must accept their
brightest sayings with certain rescrva-
tons. In point of fact, il is quite as often
true that the wife unmakes the husband.
But this is only true Of disiointed mar
riages-those unhappy marriages not
made in heaven, hut by Lucifer, wherein
the wife is not the help-mate, but the
hurt-mate. In true marriage, that
physical and spiritual union which nature
ordains, the wife and the husband are
really one. In contemplating such a
union, one may repeat without fear of
offending the most material nature, the
lines so commonplace, so lackadaisical
and, alas, so often pathetically untrue:
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that are as one
Parthenia and Ignomar are seldom
found in real life, and when found they
are not always recognized. Their fea-
lures are unfamiliar to us. In regard 10
them we are afflicted with q kind Of
spiritual myopia, which excludes word
lings from noticing theirs or any other
excellence. Yet TO every one who reads
these lines is known at least one house.
hold where the poets ideal is realized !:
where Parthenia lived, if not Ignomar /;
the household where he tumbed and
crowed on his mothers lap; where he
played with the pet kitten (he called her
in those blest and innocent DAYS 50 Ear
away, his kitty on the hearihrug be-
fore the fire in brief his home. There.
at least, was found the ideal wife, because
she was the real mother. Wives are what
husbands make them. Yes, but how
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
THE INQUISiTIyE BOY.
A Few Points that He Wanted to LeaI
About PRAYER.

A Few Points that He Wanted to Learn
About Prayer.
pa" said little boy, what makes
people pray?"
"Why, my son, they pray for-they
pray for-thati is, they ask the Lord to
save their souls"
"And if ! pray will the Lord save my
soul?"
Eyes, fyou praywith faith your prayer
will be answered"
"How with faith?"
"Why, if you pray, believing at the
time that your prayer will be answered"
"But how can pray that way if don't
know II / knowed that could get what
| prayed for, then | could believe that |
would get it and could pray with-what
did you call it, pa?"
Faith"
Faith" repeated the child. "If was
to believe that by praying for goat that
| would get him, and was to pray, would
! get him?'
"No."
"But want a goat, and if | was to pray
I'd have to pray for one. Pa, what makes
men groan when. they pray in church,"
"They groan as a kind of amen"
"Do they like to groan?'
81 don't know"
"Do you groan?"
Sometimes"
"Do you like to groan?"
"No."
"Then what makes you groan? You
don't have to, do you? 1t don't hurt, you
does it,"
"That'll do now, hush"
''But if you didn't want to eroan, they
couldn't make you, could they?'
'I'll box your ears, sir, if you don't hush.
Go on away now. I'd rather be ques-
toned by prosecuting attorney"
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
HuM0RS OF THE DAY.

Now the bulldog, like fox,
Shoots around, and in the box
Fondly roots,
While he searches for bone
Doth the urchin throw a stone
And he scoots.
Ifyour farthings make a penny, how
many near things will make dollar ,
Waterloo Observer.
The postor plays truly neutral part
during a political campaign-it is always
on the fence.-Philadelphian Bulletin.
4 Philadelphia advised his son
To aim high in life, and the lad went
out and shot COW. Beef was about the
highest thing he could aim at.-rhila-
delphia Chronicle.
"He was the most perfect gentleman
| ever saw" said Kentuckian of Hen
nv CLAY. "When YOU went to see him
he handed you the whisky bottle and
then turned his back."-Chicago Times.
A party who has just paid a big doc
tors bill says he would like TO see high
heals 90 out of fashion-The present
fashion Of belt boquets causes a great
many flowers to be waisted.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
DIR. Holmes SAYS that Emerson took
down our idols from their pedestals so
tenderly that it seemed like an act of
worship" He could have made his for
tune as a servant girl.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Prof Proctor says that the sun never
lacks supply of fuel, and we used to
L 4, hn lxxFo, 70
tunate, until his neighbors loaded logs
with gunpowder for him to steal.-New
Haven Register.
Persons with boys in the family should
know that the boys have platform,
and that they always stand on ii. 1t
reads, "Scolding doesn't hurt, whipping
doesn't last long, kill they dar'sn't."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t is only the rich who can stay home
and enjoy their lawn dresses, cool veran-
das, and pleasant rooms. The poor must
go away every summer or some one will
think they haven't any money.-Detroit
Free Press.
A patent hold-back" is mentioned in
a scientific paper. II should be attached
to Congress when that body gets in one
of its violent appropriation spells When
they resolved to legislate for the good of
the country, then a patent go-ahead
would be desirable.-The Judge.
Death, according to the physicians, is
generally "as painless as fall through
air. but this don't help matters any, A
man falling through air can hardly be
expected to enjoy the pleasant sensation
when he don't know where he il going
TO strike.-Philadelphi News.
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
Cautiouary Signals.
Saratoga Journal.

In chatting with one ofour well-known
citizens a day or two since we were
amused at his relation of the following
incident. Having occasion to confer with
a gentleman in Ballston, he rang him up,
and while conversing with him the wife
of our friend emerged from her sleeping
apartment, which adjoined the room
where the telephone was located, en-
deshabille, when the modest husband
instinctively said: "Go back, my dear; go
back Mr.. V. is here" Considering the
fact that Mr. V. was seven miles away,
the husbands display of "cautionary
signal' was hardly called for.
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
Too Much About His Mother.
Hotel Mail

They were bride and bridegroom and
sat near me at Park avenue table dhOte,
which by the way, is far above the aver
age hotel meal. They had wasted some
thing like IS worth of food and had come
to dessert, both nibbling pie "Awfully
nice, George, isn't u" she said Il can't
say | like H." said George airily. why
think it ever so nice" persisted the
young wife, as she mussed il up with a
fork. 1T isn't half as nice as the pies my
mother used--p' but before he could say
more she interrupted with; There you
90 again with your everlasting mother
For mercy, goodness sakes stop telling
me what she could do. Pm sick and tired
of hearing about her. l know there was
never any one like her | know-Fve
said-you know--you ought To be ashamed
to" And then came the hot, angry
little tears pushing each other out and
running down her cheeks defiantly-
tears, idle tears" What need to tell how
she left the table, and how he tat down
in the reading room until the night
watchman came TO put out the lights. Is
there not lesson or moral hid in here
somewhere.
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
He Wanted to Throw Little Moral Reform
Into Fishing Circles.
Detroit Free Press.


He had stub of pencil in one hand
and sheet of paper in the other, and he
walked up to citizen who was about to
go aboard ferry-boat and said
81 have document here for you to
sign"
"But never sign any petitions" was
the speedy reply.
"This is no petition. This is an agree
ment to the effect that none whose names
are signed below will either swear while
the fish afterwards. Please write your
name on the blue line there"
"Brt never go fishing
"Well you can't tell when you may.
Besides, want the influence of your
name"
81 guess | won't sign"
"Let me hope that you will Are you
not willing to eschew profanity for an
hour or two once or twice a year.?
81 never swear anyhow"
"But perhaps you lie If so | only ask
you to tell the truth in this one instance"
"Im in a hurry to catch this boat"
"Never mind the boat. Isn't your soul
of more consequence than the ferryboat
Please sign right there"
81 won't do it,"
"You won't, Ell? You refuse to bind
yourself not to rip and cuss and jaw and
howl because you don't get bite. You
refuse to enter into an agreement not to
come home and lie like a trooper and
lose your soul for the sake of making
somebody believe you caught bass
weighing six pounds! That is the kind
of Detroiter you are, is it?"
"Pve got good mind tospoil your
nose," growled the passenger.
"Of course You have. just because /
want to bind you not to lie and swear you
want my hearts blood. If | had asked
you to agree not to cheat and steal and
burn buildings you'd have wanted to cut
my throat. Go on, sir! Take your old
ferry-boat and go TO Windsor with it."
an see you againw
That's it-more threats. But you have
tackled the wrong man, sir I'll have an
eye on you for the next ten years, and
the first time know of your going out
to fish I'll follow You. Yes, sir; I'll be
on your track, and if you utter one pro
fame word or tell one single lie I'll put
YOU behind the cross bars of the cooler
Go hence, marked man !"
The Osceola times., 1882-08-12

ed in the once duel encouraging state of
Georgia, which says 'The impetuous
Carolinians who seek to establish that
doubtful article called honor in blood
would do their country more service by
engaging in the corn field at fifty cents a
day. 1t is time to understand that bull
let hole neither makes right wrong nor
wrong right"