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

In the brief hours which interviewed
between Glrfeld's death and the ob.e d.
quies. the city of Cleveland was a night
and day scene of feversh excilment
The keenness. of the loss was dulleG for
the time by sense of the responsibility
resting upon the fair fame of the CITY,
and the citizens toiled with an unswerv.
ing vigor 10 prepare n fitting reception
for the great dead. Busy committees
rushed hither and thither; the noise of
hammer and saw kept up an unceasing
din: catafalque and arches seemed to
rise meath magic touch and stores and
dwellings took on sudden somber garb.
Among the many committees selected
to organize and guide this labor OF love
and respect was one entrusted with the
task of preparing, of selecting, suitable
inscription 10 place a the head Of the
bier. The committee, consisting of the
president of the CITY council and the city
clerk. searched well and faithfully amid
mass of gems of history and song, yet
where quite unable to find motto which
exactly met their wishes But, in fol-
lowing up their search they encountered
a well known city missionary, and to him
stated their want. The rcverand gentle
man Immediately produced from his note
book slip bearing single verse which
read as follows
Life's race.vell run,
Life's work well done,
Life's crown we'll won:
Now comes rest.
AS to the origin of the lines, the
clergyman knew nothing. they having
come into his possession at the hands of
a friend who thought they might be used
appropriately at funeral services.
Struck at onco with the beauty and
peculiar fitness of the stanzl, the com init.
tee adopted it and had it engrossed upon
a suitable tablet, and thus prepared it
met the gaze of thousands as It lay at the
head of the caSkct
At about the same time that the com.
mittee met the missionary, New York
commercial traveller happened into
prominently located cigar store, and see
ing the mourning decorations, observed
that he could furnish an appropriate
verse to add to them. Ii9 then wrote
from memory the following Latin words
q free translation of which would be the
same as the inscription adopted by the
committee:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13
Cjr5us vitBlbeno actus,
Opus vita omne factum,
Taurus Vita acquisita:
Nunc VENT quies.

From that time the s,anzl became
famous. 1t adornei the court house and
numerous other public buildings, and in
countless dwellings its tender burden
caught the eye.
The committee afterwards obtained from
the secretary of the Western Reserve
historical socicty-who had received it
from Boston friend-the entire Latin
poem of four verses, the first verse being
the memorial stanza.
At that time no one thought of asking
the name of the author, but as the months
succeeding the engrossing excitement of
the obsequies passed, and the smallest
items and events connected with the dead
president were eagerly garnered, the
question was at last raised, "Who wrote
Life's race well run'?' From Switzerland
a citizen Of Cleveland. connected with the
consular service, wrote homo for informa-
tion concerning the origin of the famous
stanzl. He stated that the honor Of
composing it was claimed for an English
man of letters, Singularly, no one in
Cleveland could answer the query although
the literary gentlemen agreed that the
Latin poem was of modern origin. From
other quarters came similar inquiries, and
the matter seemed to become one of gem
eral interest to the Cleveland people.
Prompted by this spirit of inquiry, the
writer of the present article determined, if
possible. to trace the poem to its foundation
head. Letters were sent to literary
gentlemen in different parts of the country
asking their cooperation in establishing
the authorship of the verses; prominent
libraries and librarians were consulted,
and well known journal of Boston called
general attention to the query, The replies
received were prompt and courteous, but
threw no light upon the object of the
search. At last communication was
received from DR.. Howard Crosby, clear
ing up the mystery and adding II most
interesting item to the events which
surround the dust of Garfield.
DR.. Crosby's letter contained the infor-
nation that the author of the first stanza
and its brother verses is Dr.. Edward II.
Parker of Pougbkeepsio who framed the
sweet and revered verses while riding in
his gig one day, in 1879. 10 crafty many
readers to whom the verses will have a
new interest, they are reprinted.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13


PEOPLE OF GOD"
LifeS race well run,
Life's work all done,
Lfc,s victory won;
Now cometh rest.
Sorrows are DER,
Trials no mdAa,
Ship reacheth shore:
Now cometh rest.
Faith yields to sight,
Day follows night.
Jesus gives lixht:
Now cometh rest.
We awhile wait.
But soon or late,
Death ope's the gate:
Then cometh rest.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-13

Young Achilles" wants to know if I'VE
think cigarette smoking injurious to the
brain?' o. no. not bit Of 1T, Young
Achilles No man with brains enough
to hurt will he guilty of smoking ttem.-
BMrkipaton Ktwkeuc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
The Submarine Cable.

A deadly enemy to the cable, in the
shape of a largo boring worm, exists in
the Indian Seas. The worm is flesh
colored and slender, of length from
one and one-half inches to two and one
half inches. The head Is provided with
two cutting tools, of q curving shape,
and it speedily eats its way through the
hemp OF the sheathing to the gutta-
percha of the core, into which it bores o
hole. A full account of this particular
worm, with anatomical illustrations, is
given in the journal of the Royal Mi
oroscopical Society for October, 1881,
by Dr. Charles Stewart, Secretary of
the Society. The bore-holes, after
passing through the oakum of the
inner sheathing, either pursue tortu-
Gus course along the surface of the
gutta-percha core, or go right into the
copper wire, thereby causing "dead
earth" fault. DR.. Stewart classes tho
worm rs one of the Eunicide, but
proposes for it the generic name of
Lithognatha Worsiei, because of its pos.
sessing pair of calcareous mandibles
or cutting jaws, and after Captain
Worsley, the commander of the repair
ing ship which picked up the worm
eaten cable. The pair of calcareous
Jaws, in addition to the three pairs of
chitinous ones, is the most remarkable
feature about the animal. and the white
plates which form them make the crea-
ture look as If it were in the act of
swallowing tiny bivalve shell. The
best protection hitherto formed against
II is to cover the core with ribbon of
sheet brass, laid on without lap.
First the gutta-percha is covered with
cloth, then the brass is overlaid. Cam
vas is then put over the brass, and the
hemp and iron wires over all. A close
layer of iron wires is not q sufficient
protection, for the worm can some-
times wriggle in between the wires
where they are not close enough; and,
moreover, the rapid decay of iron
wires in tropical seas is certain to leave
the core prey to these pests in few
years. In the earlier days of
submarine telegraphy, Sir William
be practically inviolable, and Robert
Stephenson, on the other hand, was of
opinion that no cable would last out
ten years. The latter view has proved
the most correct, for the average life of
a cable hitherto has been about eleven
years. Thanks to the improved means
of repairing them, however, the out
break of faults does not mean the loss
of cable, for these flaws can be cut out
in the water, however deep, and the
cable can be put to rights again. In
deed, every cable company expects q
recurrence of faults, and. provides n
fully-equipped repairing ship always on
the spot.-Ndture.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
Feeding Horses by Clock Work.

Nearly two years ago, as had agreed
70 feed the horse of relative at five
o clock a. M, so that the animal would
be ready for service at half-past six,
and as the stable was located at dis
tance of half mile from my residence,
/ constructed rude but efficient device
to aid in feeding the horse precisely
at five o'clock every morning without
the presence of any person (not patent
ed nor patentable.) At one side of the
stall, | hung lid with hinges over the
top of the small feed manger. One
end of the lid extended about foot in
to the feed room. To make the end
of the lid in the feed room heavy
enough to go down and thus open the
manger, a piece of iron was attached
to the end Of the lid making that end
in the feed room about one pound heav-
Ter than the part of the lid that covered
the manger. An alarm clock was then
placed in q cupbard, fastened to the
side of the wall in the feed room. and
half inch hole was bored up through
the bottom of the cupboard and through
the bottom of the clock case directly
beneath the large wheel of the alarm
gearing. Then small wire, about as
large as a coarse horse hair, was at
tached to the heavier end of the lid to
the manger, while long loop was
made at the other end of the wire. Al
evening ! fed the horse his evening
meal in his proper manger, and put
ting the mess for morning in the other
manger, the looped end OF the wire was
put through the hole in the bottom of
the clock case, and the loop was hooked
on one of the teeth or cogs of the larg c
wheel. The wire was made just long
enough to hold up the heavier end OF
the lid in horizontal position, thus
closing the manger. The moment the
alarm wheels started, at five o'clock,
the wire loop slipped off the cog and
the lid of the manger opened and stood
erect so that the horse could eat. This
rude device never failed to opon the lid
precisely at the appointed hour Icould
feed the horse with absolute certainty
at any other hour, though ] were two
hundred miles away from the stables
One clock would open half dozen lids
as well as one. Serene EdWards Toad
Sr., IN Ein,ira Husba,sdn,an.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
Harness..

How often does it happen to see farm
ers working their horses to wagons,
plows, or carts, with harness so ill-tit-
ting, tattered and patched, that the
sight at once illicits pity from any human
person? For such neglect. there is no
excuse, rs the amount of harness neces-
sary for plowing is so small that only
the most careless and slovenly farmer
has any excuse to offer. Wagon and
cart harness are more elaborate and
complicated, yet even they are simple
enough to be manufactured at home, if
certain portions are purchased at the
saddlers, such as buckles, rings, traces
and names. Collars, best suited to our
Southern climate, are made of shucks;
these are easily procured, there being
many persons in every neighborhoOd
who are very adept in making them,
and when made to tit, are smooth, and
with them the shoulders n yer become
chafed, and being so cheap, can be re-
placed as often as necessary.
Nothing betokens poor improvident
farmer sooner than slouchy harness, to
say nothing of the damage they intlict
upon their poor dumb brutes. When
an animal is required to labor, the own
er should compare his case to theirs
For instance, how would man like to
follow plow all day with shoes which
pinched his feet, or which had rock in
themp Yet he would not suffer any
more than the animal with collar too
small, or back-band which CALLED his
back, or one trace shorter than the 9TH
er; but unfortunately there are too
many who apparently care nothing for
these details, though in attending to
them depends in a great degree their
success.
On well regulated farms there is at
tached to each barn or stable harness.
room, where after being used, the har-
ness is carefully hung upon pegs. there
to remain until wanted; when a rainy
day comes, then it is overhauled mend
ed and oiled. BY this means, they not
only last longer, but are more comfort
able for the horses, and are proofs of
thrifty management. When harness
is purchased complete, cheapness is not
always wise consideration, because a
good set made of well-tanned leather;
properly put together. will in careful
hands outlast two or three of the flimsy
made ones. .-SOtthern Industries.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07

inc took her young brother into her
room and turned the key.
tom, you've treated me very badly
to-day. What would you give II I
wouldn't tell fatherp You wouldn't
like to be sent back to the military
school, you know"
''Say, sis, I'll tell you what" and
the little wretch gave wink of inn
mcnse significance; "if you won't tell
on me, won't tell ON you. Honor
bright, black and blue, cut me in two."
MRS. Adams" said Mr.. Ben.
Adams to his wife at their wedding rc-
ception year after, "don't you think
we might afford to tell people now how
we metz never knew secret kept
better. nearly ruined myself buying
up that precious brother-in-law OF
mine. You see, l thought on your ac-
count wouldn't let him tell. didn't
care; ! liked it, l had no business to,
you sayp But 1 liked it, nevertheless.
Here are Rutland and his Mary. Let's
tell them the story. They know we're
going to Lake Winnipaka for our honey
moon. IN Y Homo Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
A Smart Roy.

The first green water melons are for
sale in Austin now, and are so danger
Gus that they may be called cholera
bombs, to prove which we submit the
following:
An Austin lady, Mrs. George Carlyle,
has a gifted son, Johnny, who is always
reading the newspapers, and adopting
any hint or suggestion he thinks is really
valuable. A few days ago Mrs. Carlyle
spent the day in the country. On her
return in the evening she found Johnny
sick in bed with two doctors taking it
turn about with stomach pumps. She
also noticed that all her geraniums and
other pot plants were gone out of the
room.
"Why, Johnny, what has become of
all my pot plants?"
al read in the Journal of HealM," re-
sponded Johnny, feebly, while one of the
doctors was screwing a new nozzle on
his stomach pump, ~ read that it aim t
healthy to have plants in sleeping
room. 1t creates nausea, so sold 'em. ="
what did you do do with the money!"
gasped Mrs. Carlyle.
Bought watermelons, gasped john
nv, as the doctor inserted the nozzle,
and began to dredge for more alluvial
deposits.
Mis-. Carlyle spends her leisure hours
until Johnny gets better, in cutting down
one end of the stave of hogshead, so
that she can WELD 1t with both hands on
an emergeney-and Johnny.-Teras
SittingS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The prospect for large apple crop
in New York and the other Eastern
States is reported rs excellent '
Kill the dog first and hunt for his
owner afterward, is the method of cer-
tain Georgia farmers who mean to make
sheep-raising profitable.
Perfect roses can only be had by
giving them rich, friable, well-drained
soil, and a warm, open, but sheltered
situation. The application of liquid
manure, SCOT and soapsuds is also very
beneficial. IN. Y. E1dmtner.
1t is better to have all the ground
in an orchard occupied with vegetables
that can be eaten than to allow any part
Of it to grow up with weeds. Edible
plants do not injure the soil any more
than weeds do, and IL the first are not
planted the last will be sure to grow
unless the hoe is frequently used.-Cin-
cinndtt Times.
"A good dog, says recent writer,
will learn to herd fowls, and the fowls
will know the dog. Fowls have plenty
of intelligence, and very soon learn for
bidden ground, when told in dog lam
guage. 1 know farmer who keeps q
collie for watch dog. He says ho
would never expect to raise q crop near
his house but for the dog, part of the
dogs business being to keep the fowls
from the crops.
TO can raspberries, fill the cans full
of berries, set them in a boiler of cold
water with wooden Stats laid on the bot
tom, and bring the water to the boiling
point. As the berries settle add more
till the juice reaches the top of the can.
then seal. In this way the sirup is un-
diluted with water. Or, put the berries
in n stewpan with q little water, let them
boil four or FIVE minutes, then put in
cans and seal.-M Y. Tribune.
Rice jelly for sick person is very
nourishing, and is very easily made.
Mix two heapng spoonfuls of nice flour,
with enough cold water to make thin
paste; add a cupful of boiling water,
putting it in gradually; then let it boil
until it is transparent. When you take
it from the stove, sweeten and flavor it.
If 1t is for fever patient, flavor with
lemon juice; if for one with summer
complaint, put stick of cinnamon in it
while it is boiling. Germantown Tele-
graph.
Young chicks are sometimes
troubled with disease that, for lack of
better name, we call Indigestion.
They lose their appetite, "bake up be-
hind" NOPE around and die. 1t is
caused by feeding sour, uncooked food,
lack of gravel and green food. The
preventives are obvious. Feed only
cooked food, provide gravel and plenty
of green food. Onion tops or lettuce
chopped and mixed with the soft food
is excellent for young chicks and tur-
keys. Sometimes cure can be effected
in the early stages of this disease by
giving a Tablespoonful of croton oil
or tincture of rhubarb. and then feeding
for few days on cooked rice, or stale
bread soaked in milk and seasoned with
pepper A little pulverized charcoal
added to the food twice week tends to
keep the digestive organs of young fowls
in good order.-Prairie Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
Slow But Sure.

A real est ate dealer in New England
sold seven farms in ten days at prices
averaging about $4,000 each-mostly to
persons who had been in mechanical
business, but who had learned that there
is no property so safe us land, and no
pursuit promising SO sure livelihood
as agriculture. II is an indication 0i
general and wholesome tendency of the
time. There are always thousands of
men in these busy streets who left rural
homes many years ago. and who,
weighed down by commercial troubles,
would gladly return, if it were posi-
BILE, to some quiet country neighbor-
hood, feeling sure that they could at
least raise enough to feed then families
with less strain Of body and mind than
that which is now wearing out their
lives. This is true also of every other
city or town, as witness the following
fair sample of letters that reach us
from all quarters;
- am about educated up 10 tho point Of be
lieving that small fnrmsi Is about tnc only in
dependent aud satisfactory possession Il tolcr-
ably poor man can obtain In the average sti,te
of trade. am now engaged In the book busi-
ness, and, like everything else. II ~ source
OF more worry than revenue, and II requires
constant care and strainingto keep ones head
above water'
M y, 7FiAm;'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-07-07
SIXTY YEARS.


Sixty long years--how tho time gldos byi
How far away seems tho land
On whose sunny heights Hope and Youth
stood lovingly hand IN hand;
Some flowers are dead that sirowod HES way,
And some arc blossoming sweetly to-day.
How tho heart Navols back to Its carly prime,
When the world seemed fair and sweet;
When never n thorn on tho flowers grew,
That clustered around tho feet;
When shimmering bright In the distance far
The paths that tho feet walked lightly then
Were groen with promise bright, ca,
And the brave young heart felt never fcaS
For 1t know thnt the darkest night
Tho stars como out, and the moonllghts glow
Falls on the hills and the world below
And the shining goal that the eyes discorned
Stood high on n lofty slope;
Tho way was hard, but the will was strong,
And youth with its shield of hope
Went forth to win for itself rcnown,
And snatch for its brow the victor's crown.
Who saws that n mnu climbs oil In vain,
When he reaches that temple bright,
Which Truth and Justice and Mercy infod,
With their wings all radiant whitel
And he hears the songs that the angels sing,
And he feels the sweep OF an angofs wing.
He stands on tho mount, as Moses stood,
And looks o or the land hc Is trod;
He may have missed many worldly gain,
But never the hand of God;
Anu IL tnHt y ltu VII Win 'hi "
He has all things TO hope for and nothing to
fear.
If he has sown good seed in the years gone by,
1t will blossom in lovely graoc;
If he's brought no tears to the weary eye,
But has frightened with smiles some face,
Sweet Is the balm that hts deeds will bring,
Glad is the song that his heart will sing.
Sixty long years-what visions arise
OF dynastics risen and set,
OF power that melted away from tho Garth
When the wrong and the right clashed and
met;
And Truth, like St George, some fierce dragon
And the old died hard, to make way for the
new.
And Science spread wider and wider hor
wings,
Till they stretched to tho ends of the earth;
And marvels of light and marvcls OF sound
Sprang all ut once into birth,
And through the dark caves of old Ocean then
The cable bore swiftly the message Of men.
SIXTY long years-let us stand on the height,
And viewing tho way we have trod,
See the smoke of the affairs like incense arise
Tho affairs we We buildod to God;
And thus may they stand to His honor and
praise,
Who's crowned with mercy our lifc's length.
ened days.
e. b. Cheeseborough, IN Demorcsts Monthly